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Listening for crickets
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David Gifaldi |
With parents that fight all the time, ten-year-old Jake finds comfort and escape in the stories he creates for himself and his little sister. |
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Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Chester Cricket and His Friends)
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George Selden |
Nostalgic for his country home, Chester Cricket braves the busy city streets in search of a tree and finds a new friend in the process. |
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Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse (Chester Cricket and His Friends)
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George Selden |
A hungry mouse and a lonely kitten become friends and seek adventure and fortune together in the streets and subways of New York City. |
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Harry Cat's pet puppy
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George Selden |
Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse try to find a permanent home for a young stray puppy they have befriended. A sequel to "Tucker's Countryside." |
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All upon a stone
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Jean Craighead George |
Traces the journey of a mole cricket as he explores the world above his burrow. |
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The very quiet cricket
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Eric Carle |
A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book. |
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Quick as a Cricket
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Audrey Wood,Don Wood |
A young boy describes himself as "loud as a lion," "quiet as a clam," "tough as a rhino," and "gentle as a lamb." |
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Old Cricket
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Lisa Wheeler |
Old Cricket doesn't feel like helping his wife and neighbors to prepare for winter and so he pretends to have all sorts of ailments that require the doctor's care, but hungry Old Crow has other ideas. |
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A Cricket's Carol
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Mark Kimball Moulton |
At Christmastime, a homeless orphan finds help and happiness in the company of a caroling cricket, but he still feels there is something missing in his life. |
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Oscar and the cricket
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Geoff Waring |
Cricket shows Oscar the kitten how various objects need a push or a pull to move but animals can move themselves by using their muscles. |
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