TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carle,Eric
TI  - The very quiet cricket
SN  - 0399218858
AV  - PZ10.3 .C1896 Ve 1990
U1  - 428.6 21
PY  - 1990///
CY  - New York
PB  - Philomel Books
KW  - Crickets
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Sound effects books
KW  - Specimens
KW  - Animal sounds
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Toy and movable books
N1  - JUV
N2  - A newly hatched cricket has a problem getting his wings to chirp. 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. Annotation. A small cricket hatches "one warm day," and the other insects greet him. Though the little guy wants very much to respond, nothing happens when he rubs his wings together. Finally, as night falls, he spies another cricket and attempts to greet her. "And this time - he chirped the most beautiful sound that she had ever heard." As usual, Carle's art is lovely and his story is simple and satisfying. But this book has something The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider didn't have: an electronic chirping mechanism activated by the turning of the last page; 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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