
The Very Quiet Cricket
- First published
- 1990
- Reading stage
- Picture books & shared reading
Reading this with your child
This story follows a young cricket trying to find its sound while meeting other insects. It is great for shared reading, though if you're buying a used copy, do check to see if the sound feature still works.
For visual discovery, familiar read-alouds, and lap reading.
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Publication history & sources
This book is in the Publishers Weekly historical bestseller survey. Inclusion in that survey documents its cumulative popularity, but does not establish a specific sales rank within the 1990s.
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