pbFrom bestselling author and illustrator Eric Carle, the creator of iThe Very Hungry Caterpillari, comes another classic tale about one very quiet cricket. A perfect gift to share with the child or grandchild in your life.b pOne day a tiny cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is no sound. The quiet cricket then makes his way into the world, meeting one insect after another, each of whom greets the little cricket with a cheery hello--the hum of a bee, the whirr of a dragonfly, the whisper of a praying mantis. The cricket rubs his wings together each time, but nothing happens, not a sound. Until the day he meets another cricket, a female, and something different happens . . . pAs children turn the page on this wonderful moment, they are greeted with a surprise--an actual chirp! pFull of Eric Carle's gorgeous and lush collage art, a gentle rhythmic text for read-alouds, and a wonder-inducing surprise at the end, iThe