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Synopsis
Old Cricket doesn't feel like helping his wife and neighbors to prepare for winter and so he pretends to have all sorts of ailments that require the doctor's care, but hungry Old Crow has other ideas., Old Cricket is determined to use his age and many imaginary maladies to get himself out of doing any work. However, when he meets a crow who wants to eat him up, Old Cricket learns a valuable lesson about pretending to be sick. Color illustrations accompany the text.
| Size | | Length: | 32 pages | | Height: | 11.0 in | | Width: | 10.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Smartly paced and skillfully drawn, this tale delivers a gentle comeuppance sure to please smart young bugs."
Publishers Weekly (04/07/2003)
"The figures in this original tale seem ready to spring off the pages, and the text, laced with creaks and cracks, is a natural for reading aloud."
Kirkus Reviews (04/15/2003)
"Think of a cross between Aesop's fable THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE ANT and Steven Spielberg's movie JURASSIC PARK and you're getting close to the feel of Lisa Wheller's gently preachy, very cinematic, very scary OLD CRICKET."
New York Times Book Review - Connie Fletcher (05/18/2003)
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