Christmas Cricket

As holiday stories go, this one was rather light, but I liked it an awful lot. The illustrations were wonderfully detailed. The writing was very special, Bunting using so few words on any given page to say so very much. The text was almost poetry. It was a story that any reader could read, but an especially conscious would comprehend. Really nicely done.

There was a small cricket who felt worthless and small in that rainy night. He went inside a house to get out of the rain and hopped everywhere till he was in a Christmas tree. Cricket began to sing. As cricket sang the little boy and his father thought they heard an angel. But the father explained that angels can sing through people and animals like crickets. In that moment cricket found out he was not worthless and began to sing some more. I loved this book because it shows you that all of us are worth something in this world and that we are all special in different ways.

On Christmas Eve, cricket is in a garden feeling wet, small, and worthless. Finally he finds himself in the kitchen of a family gathered around a lit tree. As he gets his way into the tree, he begins to feel the spirit of Christmas and begins to sing. Cricket hears the father tell the child that the angels often sing through the crickets. Cricket then realized he may be small, but he is not worthless! This is a book I would enjoy reading to my children. It is a great way to teach children the spirit of Christmas, and teach them that everyone is special in their own way!

This adorable story tells of a cricket who is feeling very down on himself on Christmas Eve. He finds his way into a house and starts to sing in their Christmas tree. The family enjoys his singing and cricket feels his heart swell with worthiness.

The illustrations in this book are beautiful and capture the spirit perfectly.

This book is a wonderful example of a fantasy, as a somewhat personified cricket finds his way into the warm house of a family celebrating the Christmas season. The author creates a very realistic story that all young children can relate to, as the Christmas season is full of fantasy within itself. The cricket finds that it too belongs in the household, as the father confirms that it sings like an angel, and he begins to sing with him. All in all, the author created a story that is sure to bring out the warm feeling each individual needs at Christmas time.

Age appropriateness: Primary/Intermediate

Media: Watercolor

This cricket was very lucky to hop into a house that welcomed his singing. This would be a great book around Christmas time for kindergarten or first grade.

The message of this book is that all things great and small are created for God's glory. A Christmas favorite of ours for a few years now, and many more to come!