FrombestsellingauthorandillustratorEricCarle,thecreatorofTheVeryHungryCaterpillar,comesanotherclassictaleaboutoneveryquietcricket.Aperfectgifttosharewiththechildorgrandchildinyourlife.Onedayatinycricketisbornandmeetsabigcricketwhochirpshiswelcome.Thetinycrickettriestorespond,butthereisnosound.Thequietcricketthenmakeshiswayintotheworld,meetingoneinsectafteranother,eachofwhomgreetsthelittlecricketwithacheeryhello--thehumofabee,thewhirrofadragonfly,thewhisperofaprayingmantis.Thecricketrubshiswingstogethereachtime,butnothinghappens,notasound.Untilthedayhemeetsanothercricket,afemale,andsomethingdifferenthappens...Aschildrenturnthepageonthiswonderfulmoment,theyaregreetedwithasurprise--anactualchirp!FullofEricCarle’sgorgeousandlushcollageart,agentlerhythmictextforread-alouds,andawonder-inducingsurpriseattheend,TheVeryQuietCricketremainsanall-timefavoritefromoneofthetruemastersofpicture-bookmaking.Batteriesarereplaceable.Pleaseusetwo1.5voltL1131buttoncellbatteries.PraiseforTheVeryQuietCricket“TypicalofCarle’sstyle,thelanguageissimple,withrhythm,repetition,andalliterationtodelightyounglisteners.Paintedcollageillustrationsarelavishandexpressive.“--SchoolLibraryJournal“Thetextisskillfullyshaped;theillustrationsconveyenergyandimmediacy.“--HornBook“Asusual,Carle’sartislovelyandhisstoryissimpleandsatisfying.“--PublishersWeekly“Carle’ssignaturestyleensuresthatthisisavisualstandout,andstorywiseit’sappealing,too....Thesparetextisstructuredbyrepetitivephrasingthatwilllenditselftoread-aloudresponses.“--Booklist
