Quick as a Cricket

Quick as a Cricket
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0358362628

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
Total Pages: 17
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593521552

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.

Heckedy Peg

Heckedy Peg
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1992
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152336790

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

The Full Moon at the Napping House

The Full Moon at the Napping House
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2015
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0544308328

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)
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466863625

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.

Piggies

Piggies
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152026387

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

Chirp

Chirp
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1547602821

"[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

Eye of the Cricket
Author: James Sallis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2009-05-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802719066

Lew 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.

Piggy Pie Po

Piggy Pie Po
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547505515

Who is Piggy Pie Po? Just the smartest (maybe), messiest (probably), silliest (definitely) piggy you'll ever meet. In these three small and playful stories, he's sure to become every child's most unforgettable new friend. Award-winning team Audrey and Don Wood's picture books have been loved by children and parents for more than twenty-five years. With perfect pacing and exuberant illustrations, Piggy Pie Po introduces a new character that will be embraced by the next generation of little ones.

My Own Very Quiet Cricket Coloring Book

My Own Very Quiet Cricket Coloring Book
Author: Eric Carle
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2005-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399244751

The Very Quiet Cricket is now available as a coloring book! Perfect for both reading and coloring, this interactive version of Eric Carle’s classic story follows a lonely cricket who’s looking for love. As all the different insects go by, he tries and tries to make a chirp, but it isn’t until he sees another cricket that he can truly sing. Special artwork made just for coloring and blank pages at the end for your own drawings give this classic story new life. A sure-fire hit for creative children everywhere.