Review by Booklist Review
Gr 2-4. Jay, a farm boy, finds a cricket and takes it with him on his very first day at school.
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Honoring its 40th anniversary, the Caldecott Honor book, A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill, illus. by Evaline Ness, is back, starring six-year-old Jay who meanders through the countryside and finds striped beans that "felt cool-like morning," an arrowhead and a cricket that he brings home, among other treasures. Caudill's gentle sentences pair well with Ness's charming vintage scenes in mustard, red, avocado and black inks. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
In this gentle story of an Appalachian farm boy, six-year-old Jay is anxious about going to school for the first time. An understanding teacher makes Jay and his pet cricket the focus of show-and-tell, and Jay's anxieties are allayed. Caudill's quiet, understated text is beautifully complemented by Ness's three-color woodcuts in this 1965 Caldecott Honor Book. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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