The Very Quiet Cricket

Eric Carle's classic story of finding your "voice" is newly joining the premier reader line, Step into Reading!

One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!"

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