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A pocketful of cricket / Rebecca Caudill ; illustrated by Evaline Ness.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : H. Holt, 2004.Edition: Hardcover reissueDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0805075240 (hc: alk. paper)
  • 0805076387 (pbk: alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ7.C274 Po 2004
Awards:
  • Caldecott Honor book
Summary: A boy takes his pet cricket to school where it first disturbs the class with its chirping, but then becomes the show-and-tell attraction.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Books for Big Kids Caudill, Rebecca Checked out 06/26/2024 33111005001330
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Chee! Chee!" Inside Jay's dark pocket Cricket began fiddling. The talking stopped. Everybody listened.A Caldecott Honor classic that celebrates friendship and new experiences-back in print on its 40th anniversary One afternoon late in August, before the start of a new school year, Jay finds Cricket. Cricket fits just right in small spaces-like under a tea strainer or in Jay's very own pocket-and Cricket makes the most exciting sounds. But what happens when it's time to go back to school? Will Cricket come too?Forty years after its original publication, this charming tale continues to capture the imaginative world of a child.

First published in hardcover in 1964 by Henry Holt and Company.

A boy takes his pet cricket to school where it first disturbs the class with its chirping, but then becomes the show-and-tell attraction.

Caldecott Honor book

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