Vif Comme UN Grillon/Quick As a Cricket (Language - French - Child's Play Library) (French Edition) (Paperback)

by Audrey Wood (Author) "I'm as slow as a snail..." (more)

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Amazon.com Review
"I'm as quick as a cricket, I'm as slow as a snail. I'm as small as an ant, I'm as large as a whale." Parents and teachers choose this big square book for the message of self-confidence. Toddlers love it for the singsong phrases and Don Wood's large, silly, endearing illustrations, which feature a boy mimicking different kinds of animals. At one point, he is pictured sipping tea formally with a fancy poodle ("I'm as tame as a poodle") and on the very next page he is swinging through trees ("I'm as wild as a chimp"). Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself. With a confident grin, he lifts his arms up and declares, "Put it all together and you've got ME!" (Baby to age 6) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review
This board book edition is new, although the soft and hard cover versions, published in 1982, have been extensively reviewed, and have sold over 1,000,000 copies. -- From the publisher --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Childs Play Intl Ltd (March 1989)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 0859534677
• ISBN-13: 978-0859534673
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 9.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,244,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick as a Cricket, April 17, 2003

By	J. Scharp (Michigan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: I'm as Quick as a Cricket (Board book)

This lovely book has won the heart of my 2 year old daughter. She requests the "cricket book" perhaps a little too often :-). I do really enjoy reading the quick paced, bouncy rhyming style of Audrey Wood. She is one of my favorite children's authors and with her husband Don Wood, they have created beautifully illustrated pages to go along with it. It is colorful, fun, interesting, and predictable enough so that the toddler can help you finish the sentences and join in the story FUN!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 20 month old son LOVES this book! 1st time mom at 44, August 31, 2001

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This review is from: Quick as a Cricket (Hardcover)

My son eyes new books suspiciously - almost like I was trying to sneak a new child into the house without checking with him first. His books are a closed circle of friends and he loves the familiar, well worn pages that he can rattle off by heart. So I was amazed when he took to this book immediately and with gusto, rattling off the animal names within days. Quick as a cricket, slow as a snail, small as an ant, large as a whale, ...there are sad bassetts, happy larks, tame poodles, busy bees, lazy lizards, tough rhinos...you name it. This books has the essential ingredients for every toddler book - beautiful artwork, rhyme and rhythm to the words, and interesting characters to capture little imaginations. I love the Woods but not all their books are for tots this age since they can get a little bizarre sometimes. This ranks right up there in the book world the way Raffi does in the music world of toddlers!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big pictures, easy to understand, September 20, 2005

By	Aaron Miller - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Quick As a Cricket (Child's Play Library) (School & Library Binding)

I love this book. My boys love this book. We read it on a daily basis multiple times. My 3 year old can practically read it to his little brother. I actually went to a short literacy class on books for children and they read this one as an example of a good selection. It is very simple with large pictures, but is great for introducing comparisons and adjectives. ("I'm as quick as a cricket") It's simplicity is appealing yet it also uses words that are a little less common in a preschooler's vocabulary. All around one of our favorites!