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The Very Quiet Cricket (Board book)

by Eric Carle (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Board book: 26 pages
  • Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; Brdbk edition (May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0399226842
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399226847
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 12.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 158,521 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

A cricket is born who cannot talk! A bigger cricket welcomes him to the world, then a locust, a grasshopper and many other insects, but each time the tiny cricket rubs his wings together in vain: no sound emerges. In the end, however, he meets another quiet cricket, and manages to find his "voice". Children will love the repetitive text; the steady parade of new creatures (including "a spittlebug, slurping in a sea of froth"); and of course the happy ending. This is one of a series of Eric Carle books with a mechanical twist: in this case, the quiet cricket bursts into (surprisingly authentic) electronic song as you turn the last page. (The battery is replaceable.) An amusement for the ears, but most ofall--as ever with Carle--a feast for the eyes. The colourful cut-paper illustrations are simply gorgeous, drawing you in even on the hundredth reading. (And there will be a hundredth reading, followed by many more.) (Ages 0 to 4 years) --Richard Farr --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully illustrated children's early reading book., 23 Jan 2001
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This review is from: The Very Quiet Cricket: Board Book (Hardcover)
The Very Quiet Cricket is one of a number of books by the illustrator Eric Call, which tells the tale of growth and passage of time in the life of an insect, other books include, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Lonely Firefly. Like the other books The Very Quiet Cricket is beautifully illustrated throughout, and keeps the surprise until the very end, when we turn the final page to hear the soft chirp of the cricket.The story is held together by the employment of the same pattern throughout, greeting from another insect in his own manner, and then the cricket's desire and failure to return a reply. This scheme allows the child to predict the story and join in, and as such feel an active part in the telling of the tale. The child can also see the growth of the cricket throughout the story, from the tiny hatchling at sunrise to the full-grown cricket in the moonlight, with each page we can see him grow larger on the page with the passage of time.

It is certainly a book which is appealing enough to be read over and over again, and indeed with familiarity with the story will possibly make it even more attractive, particularly anticipating the cricket's chirp at the end.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice but still a little old for my 1 yr old, 3 Nov 2009
By Elisabeth Von Hagel (Oban, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Quiet Cricket: Board Book (Hardcover)
I love Eric Carle books and this is the usual treat. The sound doesn't always get triggered when we turn the last page for some reason.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars the very quiet cricket, 6 Oct 2009
This review is from: The Very Quiet Cricket: Board Book (Hardcover)
The story line is very similar to "the very Hungry Catepillar" but is unfortunately not as brilliant, therefore this book will always lack in greatness.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely story
I loved this story, it is really lovely and has the added bonus of having a sound effect at the end. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ms. A. J. Herod

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