Quick As a Cricket

Quick As a Cricket

Author: Audrey Wood

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 0358362628

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A child describes the feelings and emotions which are the mark of his individual self.


The Very Quiet Cricket

The Very Quiet Cricket

Author: Eric Carle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13: 0593521552

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One 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

The Full Moon at the Napping House

Author: Audrey Wood

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 0544308328

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In this cumulative tale, a chirping cricket calms a worried mouse, a prowling cat, and other restless creatures, helping them to finally fall asleep.


The Cricket in Times Square

The Cricket in Times Square

Author: George Selden

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1466863625

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After 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.


Heckedy Peg

Heckedy Peg

Author: Audrey Wood

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780152336790

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A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.


Strega Nona Does it Again

Strega Nona Does it Again

Author: Tomie DePaola

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0399257810

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Strega Nona has the perfect remedy for a houseguest who overstays her welcome.


Chirp

Chirp

Author: Kate Messner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2020-02-04

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1547602821

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"[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.


Whisper's Edge

Whisper's Edge

Author: LuAnn McLane

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1101607637

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Cricket Creek, Kentucky, is a sweet river town known for its theater, shopping, and cuisine. But tough times are affecting the residents of the local retirement community—until a handsome hero shows up… Savannah Perry loves her job as social director of Whisper’s Edge, a retirement community on the picturesque waterfront of Cricket Creek. Raised in foster care, twenty-nine-year-old Savannah feels treasured and loved by the retired residents, who treat her as their adopted granddaughter and rotate having her over for dinner. But the community is struggling to stay afloat financially—until Tristan McMillan swoops into town, rescues a dog, and, well, saves the day… Business-minded Tristan bought Whisper’s Edge from his estranged grandfather to prove his worth to the curmudgeon and to turn a quick profit. He never expected to fall for the charms of a village of crafty retirees—or to fall hard for a small town girl like Savannah. Suddenly the man who knows all about making money finds himself needing lessons in love and what really matters in life…


Piggies

Piggies

Author: Audrey Wood

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780152026387

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Ten little piggies dance on a young child's fingers and toes before finally going to sleep.