Thursday, March 15, 2012

Picture Book #15

The Very Quiet Cricket
 by Eric Carle




Illustrator: Eric Carle
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Subgenre: Picture Book
Themes: insects, communication
Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary - quite cricket
Secondary - big cricket, locust, praying mantis, worm, spittlebug, cicada, bumbletbee, dragonfly, mosquitoes, luna moth, female cricket
Date Published: 1990
Publishing Company: Philomel Books


Summary: A little cricket rubs his wings together to communication with other insects he encounters, but each time he does not make a sound. Then one day he meets another cricket and there is sound. 


How this book could be used to teach students: The Very Quite Cricket could be used to teach students about how insects communicate. The students could explore and learn about the insects featured in the book.


A little extra: http://www.eric-carle.com/catexchange.html 
Did you know that only male crickets chirp. 

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