The Very Quiet Cricket (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Penguin Young Readers, Level 3)

Carle, Eric

ISBN 10: 0606357246 ISBN 13: 9780606357241

Publisher: Turtleback, 2014

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome, but the little cricket cannot make a sound and it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp ""hello!

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Review

A cricket is born who cannot talk! A bigger cricket welcomes him to the world, then a locust, a cicada, and many other insects, but each time the tiny cricket rubs his wings together in vain: no sound emerges. In the end, however, he meets another quiet cricket, and manages to find his "voice." Children will love the repetitive text as they meet a steady parade of new creatures (including a "spittlebug, slurping in a sea of froth"); and of course they'll delight in the happy ending. This is one of a series of large (11.5 by 8.5 inches) format Eric Carle books with a mechanical twist: in this case, the quiet cricket bursts into (surprisingly authentic) electronic song as you turn the last page. (The battery is replaceable.) An amusement for the ears, but most of all--as ever, with Carle--a feast for the eyes. The colorful cut-paper illustrations are simply gorgeous, drawing you in even on the hundredth reading. (And there will be a hundredth reading, followed by many more.) (Baby to preschool) --Richard Farr

About the Author

Eric Carle (www.eric-carle.com) continues to produce bestselling children's picture books, and he just won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for life-time achievement in children's literature. He lives in Tavernier, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0606357246
• ISBN 13: 9780606357241
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Carle Eric