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A Pocketful of Cricket
"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 i...more
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 i...more
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published
September 1st 2004
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
(first published 1964)
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Feb 11, 2013
Jessica Porte
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Shelves:
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Summary
A Pocketful of Cricket is about a little boy who lives on a farm and he goes outside to gather up the cows. He walks through different parts of the field and finding cool treasures and places them in his pocket, a cricket being the last. He brings it home and takes care of it and learns different things about the cricket. He decides to bring it to school and it starts making noise on the bus and in the classroom and it ends with the teacher telling him to put it outside until she learns t...more
A Pocketful of Cricket is about a little boy who lives on a farm and he goes outside to gather up the cows. He walks through different parts of the field and finding cool treasures and places them in his pocket, a cricket being the last. He brings it home and takes care of it and learns different things about the cricket. He decides to bring it to school and it starts making noise on the bus and in the classroom and it ends with the teacher telling him to put it outside until she learns t...more
Jay lives on a farm. He likes to explore the farm, picking up little treasures he finds along the way. By the cow path, Jay finds a cricket. He decides to keep the cricket as a pet and makes a small cage for the cricket. He feeds the cricket, finds that it chirps when it is dark, and becomes attached to the little critter. Soon school starts and Jay wants to bring the cricket to school with him. But the inside of his pocket is dark, so the cricket chirps all the way to school, causing the kids o...more
Languid and unapologetic. Six year old Jay ranges freely beneath the hills encircling the old farmhouse where he lives with his family. Summer is nearing its end, and Jay scoops up a cricket, an arrowhead, a goose feather, a hickory nut, and a stone with the imprint of a fern, among other thrilling keepsakes. Of childhood? Not irresponsibility: he still has the cows to drive home. Everything’s fine (even ominously so) until Jay cannot bring himself to part with that cricket on his first day of s...more
I think that this is the type of book that continues to grow on a person over time, filling up the spaces of memory and creating a lasting fondness that will be rivaled by few other picture books.
Rebecca Caudill writes with clear simplicity, allowing readers to really get to know the boy Jay in his own element. The basic components of A Pocketful of Cricket are simple and straightforwardly wholesome, a winning combination that lifts the book to a level of enduring interest that will likely alw...more
Rebecca Caudill writes with clear simplicity, allowing readers to really get to know the boy Jay in his own element. The basic components of A Pocketful of Cricket are simple and straightforwardly wholesome, a winning combination that lifts the book to a level of enduring interest that will likely alw...more
This book was recommended on a library list. It has a lot of words per page compared to other books we've read on the list, which is why i've shelved it older.
I have to confess, I WAS BORED reading this, and my youngest was not interested at all - usually an attentive listener, he walked away after the first page!
That said, high points are the detailed references to nature and the positive way in which the teacher addresses the disruption of the cricket on the first day of class. The main charac...more
I have to confess, I WAS BORED reading this, and my youngest was not interested at all - usually an attentive listener, he walked away after the first page!
That said, high points are the detailed references to nature and the positive way in which the teacher addresses the disruption of the cricket on the first day of class. The main charac...more
One of our favorite activities has been to purchase crickets from the pet store--learn all about them (how you tell a boy from a girl, who does the singing, how they sing, etc.) and make a cricket jar for each child. Make sure they each go home with at least one boy so they'll hear the cricket singing at night. This is a fun book to go along with that activity.
I liked the simple colors and story that is so void of electronic focus. The little boy finds so...many things to be interested in and even takes one to school that gets the attention of the whole class. A history lesson in this charming story will build to the background knowledge of today's technology-savvy kids.
The too-young or TV-addicted children will likely be bored with this story. My 8-year-old and I found a lot of humor in this book in the way we read it. Plus, we enjoyed imagining the fun and adventure of Jay's great surroundings of nature.
The illustrations are a bit simple, but I guess they match well with the easy pace of the narrative that is almost verse. This is like reading a Mary Oliver or Wendell Berry poem - attentive to and interactive with what is around you.
This is my favorite book to read on the first day of school. It invites the children to study God's creation using their senses. It's a wonderful introduction to Science and show and tell.
Jay finds a cricket and takes it to school. The teacher lets him share it with the class. He decides he wants to bring beans to school next.
A childrens story about a boy that makes a cricket his pet and brings it to school. Very cute! It won the Caldecott Honor for its pictures.
Jay finds a cricket and takes him to school. Long story, not much happens. Illustrations look like woodcuts, earth tone palette.
a beautiful, gentle and quiet book.
Sep 12, 2011
Tanya W
marked it as to-read
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Caldecott honor
I thought this book was well thought out and imaginative. I liked all the description that the author put in, you could almost feel the ground beneath your feet and smell the air. While I enjoyed this book, I didn't find it getting a much higher rating, probably because it only entertained me but didn't leave a lasting impression.
*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...
*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...
Caldecott Honor Book, 1965
Read for #nerdcott. Reviewed in Caldecott Challenge Post #74: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...
This may be my favorite title to a Caldecott Medal winning book. Makes me think of the song: Pocket Full of Sunshine.
May 19, 2013
Jason Beyer
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American's children writer, as well as teacher and editor, known for her Appalachian fiction. Caudill graduated from Wesleyan College and, in 1922, received her master's degree from Vanderbilt University. She taught English in high school and college, and worked briefly as an editor. She moved to Urbana, Illinois, when she married James Ayars in 1931.
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