 The Very Quiet Cricket
One day a tiny cricket is born, and he meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is no sound. The very quiet cricket then makes his way into the world, meeting one insect after another.
Each insect greets the little cricket with a cheery hello! Cricket hears the hum of a bee, the whirr of a dragonfly, and the whisper of a praying mantis. The cricket rubs his wings together each time, but nothing happens, not a sound.
Until the day he meets another cricket who is a female, and something different happens…Â As children turn the page on this wonderful moment, they hear an actual chirp!
Full of Eric Carle’s signature collage art, gentle storytelling style, and wonder-inducing surprise at the end, The Very Quiet Cricket remains an all-time favorite from one of the true masters of picture-book making.
