The Very Quiet CricketThe Very Quiet Cricket
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Book, 1990
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Current format, Book, 1990, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formats"One day a tiny cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is not a sound. And so the quiet cricket makes his way in the world, meeting one insect after another who greets the cricket with the cheery hello of its species - the hum of the bee, the whirr of the dragonfly, the screech of the cicada. Finally it matures and meets a female cricket who evokes from the quiet cricket "the most beautiful sound that she had ever heard!" As with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider, this is a multi-sensory book; it is also multi-experiential. Children will see the bold, colorful, textured art that is Eric Carle's; they will hear or read the rhythmic, frequently alliterative text; and finally hear the quiet cricket's sweet song as they turn the last pages of the book. This is a book to share. The repetitive text is easily learned, and the echoing answer to the cricket's search for his song can be the children's answer in a voice-and-response game. Listening to or reading this story, children will also learn about the various animals the cricket meets. All readers, even the smallest, will delight in the surprise at the end of the book, and in knowing that even the lowliest creature will find its voice, as silent or joyous as that may be." --
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- New York : Philomel Books, ©1990.
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