Quick As a Cricket
HarperCollins · Paperback · September 15, 2020
A joyful celebration of self-awareness and acceptance known and loved by millions of children around the world, now with art remastered by the illustrator.
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- Who it’s for
- A warm, playful way to notice how many different feelings can belong to one person.
- Themes
- Self-awareness and acceptance, Emotional expression, All feelings are valid
- Genres
- Big Feelings, Animal Stories, Self-Esteem & Resilience
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A joyful celebration of self-awareness and acceptance known and loved by millions of children around the world, now with art remastered by the illustrator. In this classic children’s book by celebrated author-illustrator team Don and Audrey Wood, a young boy describes himself as "loud as a lion," "quiet as a clam," "tough as a rhino," and "gentle as a lamb."
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Readers will delight in the variety of animal expressions as they discover many different emotions, and learn to accept that all feelings are valid.
Many Sides of You
A warm, playful way to notice how many different feelings can belong to one person.
Come here for
- Animal comparisons that give feelings a vivid, memorable shape
- A gentle celebration of self-awareness and acceptance
Expect
- A young boy’s lively descriptions of himself
- Remastered art full of varied animal expressions
Where it sits
| Self-Esteem & Resilience | 55% |
|---|---|
| Big Feelings | 47% |
| Animal Stories | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Funny Stories
- Big Feelings
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Audrey Wood
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 15, 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Self-awareness and acceptance · Emotional expression · All feelings are valid
- Reading lane
- Funny Stories