Quick as a Cricket
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 0358362628
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA child describes the feelings and emotions which are the mark of his individual self.
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Quick as a Cricket
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 0358411122
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA joyful celebration of self-awareness and acceptance known and loved by millions of children around the world, now with art remastered by the illustrator. In this classic children’s book by celebrated author-illustrator team Don and Audrey Wood, a young boy describes himself as "loud as a lion," "quiet as a clam," "tough as a rhino," and "gentle as a lamb." Readers will delight in the variety of animal expressions as they discover many different emotions, and learn to accept that all feelings are valid.
The Very Quiet Cricket
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2021-09-07
Total Pages: 17
ISBN-13: 0593521552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!" Excerpt: Hello! whispered a praying mantis, scraping its huge front legs together. The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together. But nothing happened. Not a sound.
The Full Moon at the Napping House
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0544308328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this cumulative tale, a chirping cricket calms a worried mouse, a prowling cat, and other restless creatures, helping them to finally fall asleep.
Heckedy Peg
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780152336790
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.
Piggies
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9780152026387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTen little piggies dance on a young child's fingers and toes before finally going to sleep.
The Cricket in Times Square
Author: George Selden
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 1466863625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter Chester lands, in the Times Square subway station, he makes himself comfortable in a nearby newsstand. There, he has the good fortune to make three new friends: Mario, a little boy whose parents run the falling newsstand, Tucker, a fast-talking Broadway mouse, and Tucker's sidekick, Harry the Cat. The escapades of these four friends in bustling New York City makes for lively listening and humorous entertainment. And somehow, they manage to bring a taste of success to the nearly bankrupt newsstand. Join Chester Cricket and his friends in this classic children's book by George Selden, with illustrations by Garth Williams. The Cricket in Times Square is a 1961 Newbery Honor Book.
Chirp
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2020-02-04
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1547602821
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"[A] deftly layered mystery about family, friendship, and the struggle to speak up." - Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Speak and Shout From acclaimed author Kate Messner comes the powerful story of a young girl with the courage to make her voice heard, set against the backdrop of a summertime mystery. When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she's recovering from the broken arm she got falling off a balance beam. And packed away in the moving boxes under her clothes and gymnastics trophies is a secret she'd rather forget. Mia's change in scenery brings day camp, new friends, and time with her beloved grandmother. But Gram is convinced someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm. Is it sabotage or is Gram's thinking impaired from the stroke she suffered months ago? Mia and her friends set out to investigate, but can they uncover the truth in time to save Gram's farm? And will that discovery empower Mia to confront the secret she's been hiding--and find the courage she never knew she had? In a compelling story rich with friendship, science, and summer fun, a girl finds her voice while navigating the joys and challenges of growing up.
Eye of the Cricket
Author: James Sallis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-05-26
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 0802719066
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLew Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans, a detective, a teacher, a writer. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his son...and himself in the process. Now a derelict has appeared in a New Orleans hospital claiming to be Lewis Griffin and displaying a copy of one of Lew's novels. It is the beginning of a quest that will take Griffin into his own past while he tries to deal in the present with a search for three missing young men.
Chester Cricket's New Home
Author: George Selden
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 1466863609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen two rather stout ladies sit on Chester Cricket's home in the Old Meadow, the worm-eaten stump collapses and Chester, aided by his friends, is forced to look for a new home. “Readers of this favorite series will delight in the chance to share another experience with Chester and the inhabitants of the Old Meadow.” —Booklist
