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Children's book: Crickets in the Pockets (Parents Library Collection, Early reading, Emotions and feelings for children, Bed time stories, Friendship books Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Yuval Harpaz (Author, Illustrator)

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Book 2 of 3 in Parents Library Collection, Early reading, Emotions and feelings for children, Bed time stories, Friendship books (3 Book Series)

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Enjoy the little crickets' wisdom on making friends

Sometimes big surprises come in a small form.
Open your mind and heart to the wisdom of the elder grandfather cricket
and join Tommy on his fun and exciting adventure to attain
the special ability of overcoming abandoning friends!

Every kid in the ages 6-8 needs to read this book, not only for the fun of it
or its wit but for the successful friendship principles it unfolds.

Stories about feelings for kids are important for developing good social skills.
Get this book of kids journeys and join the happy kids club.

With 13 colorful illustrations and about 23k words
this entertaining story teaches children how they can develop interpersonal skills
and make it possible to make friendships last.

By getting this book, parents will also have the exclusive gift of a
FREE Parents' Guide where you'll get the answer to the important question of:
"How to help your child make new friends?"

Grab your copy today and enjoy the reading!

Length: 30 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Age Level: 6 - 8	Grade Level: 1 - 2

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File Size: 2060 KB
Print Length: 30 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: January 13, 2014
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00FIOMY7A
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

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Dolores Ayotte

Great Life Lessons!

November 17, 2013

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"Crickets in the Pocket" is a great introduction to "chapter books" for children in the primary grades. Although the main characters are boys, the lessons learned by Tommy from his cricket friend, Robin...are universal and gender friendly.

Author Yuval Harpaz does a fine job of explaining the feelings that are involved when a best friend chooses to play with someone else. He develops the theme of one of our basic freedoms..."freedom of choice" which includes choosing new friends. This author also goes on to explain that it is best not to jump to conclusions as there could be a very good reason behind the choice. He suggests, through the assistance of Robin and his elderly Grandfather, that it is definitely better to ask the friend "why" instead of wondering what happened. I also like the point of view that each boy has the freedom of choice to choose to play with others...and with that comes the opportunity and added bonus of making new and enjoyable friends.

Inspirational Author & Book Reviewer ~ Dolores Ayotte
Growing Up & Liking It

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Nicely done little book with a great life lesson.

November 1, 2013

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This is a very well written little story meant to help children understand the nature of friendship and the changing nature of friendships. The story is told in a concise manner and when read with a child leaves much room for discussion; discussions with the child over friendship. This is a subject which troubles most children as they grow up and anything we can provide them to help them along the way should be welcomed.

This is a story of a rather hurt little boy who is seemingly rejected by his best friend. It is a minor snub on his friend's part but our little boy takes it to heart. This is a very common thing with the young. Anyway, the hurt young man meets a cricket whose great grandfather had lived and spent time in the pocket of FDR. This old cricket was full of wisdom and between the old cricket and the new our young fellow is able to adjust, make new friends, and gain, become even better friends with the other lad whom he felt had rejected him.

The author has done a nice job with this work and I enjoyed it very much. I will tell you that the author has used sentence structure which is a bit different than the norm. I personally feel this is a good thing as it exposes the young reader to something he or she may not be familiar with and this is a good thing in my opinion.

The illustrations are very well done...nothing fancy here, but direct and to the point and go well with the text.

I liked this little e-book.

Don Blankenship
The Ozarks

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Jbarr5Top Contributor: Baking

special powers of crickets

February 27, 2014

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Crickets in the Pockets (Parents Library Collection, Early reading, Emotions and feelings for children, Bed time stories, Friendship books) by Yuval Harpaz
Wanted to read this book to get the idea across to children in a different way than how I've been trying.
Colorful children's book. There is also a free parents guide to help your child make new friends.
Tommy and Jimmy when they got together would play and for hours. One day Jimmy walked away from them playing and Tommy thought it was something he had done.
He plans to ignore Jimmy when he asks him to play so he will know what it feels like to be alone.
Tommy finds a cricket in his room and puts it in a jar. The cricket tries to make a deal with him... Liked hearing of the presidents own experience with how to deal with things.
They go on an adventure so the cricket Robin can show him his grandfather and explain about what to do when your friends walk away from you.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.

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Teaches a good lesson about friendship....

October 17, 2013

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This imaginative children's story involves a cricket teaching a lesson about childhood friendship, disappointment & hurt feelings. When Tommy's friend stops playing with him, he thinks his friend doesn't like them anymore. The cricket teaches that not all is as it seems & there's a strong possibility there's another reason for the friend's actions. He teaches Tommy how to resolve the problem & make new friends in the process.

Written for 2nd graders on up, there are several illustrations which help keep the story interesting.

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Gila

Wonderful story

October 7, 2013

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My daughter hates insects and my son loves crickets. But this lovely and smart book was eagerly read by both of them. They liked that it starts and ends with rhymes. They liked the matching illustrations and most of all they liked the sleepy grandfather. I liked the message of friendship and freedom that is delivered in a way kids can internalize and implement. The illustrations are lovely, and that it is not just another three-line-a-page book. I'm looking forward for Yuval Harpaz's next books.

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DariArts

Cute & recommended!

January 5, 2014

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It's been a long time since I've read a children's book but since I'm looking into some new things at this point in my life, I decided to try this one. I think it was the front cover illustration that attracted my attention, in other words, I enjoyed the text with colorful illustrations. The story is short but meaningful, and has a potential to trigger an open, heartfelt conversation between a child and a parent.

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Mee Bar

Enlightening Tommy

October 8, 2013

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Enlightening Tommy!
Who wouldn't want to scare away the shadows from under their bed?! This wonderful story is written from a fresh and personal perspective. While showing how a kid handles his fear of the dark, it gives a very intelligent tip for parents on parenting.
The story has beautiful illustrations and well written. Straight after reading the story, my daughter who is about to start her second grade, gone looking for the shadow under her bed with a flash light. She thought it was fun. I think that if a regular child acts like this after reading the story, than it is probably a pretty good one.
It is a story about imagination, determination and turning on the light in our hearts, too. I loved it. Two thumbs up!

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Victoria

Talking Cricket

This is a fun to read book for kids about a boy who discovered a talking cricket after boy's best friend turned away from him.Read more

Published on May 29, 2014

SeWei

Crickets

I like this book because the cricket went into Jimmy's pocket. it is quite a nice story. I didn't understand what the cricket was talking about.Read more

Published on May 12, 2014

Amazon Customer

Great Read

Read this to my kids, ages 8 & 4. It was a really good read, taught them a good lesson. Thanks.

Published on March 17, 2014

Jen Noe

nice story but...

The theme of the story was a nice one and teaches a good lesson about friends for children. Overall it was slightly difficult to read as the grammar seemed slightly off.Read more

Published on January 19, 2014

JessicaJ

Great lesson

This was a great book for my 5 year old. It was interesting for him, about 10 -15 minutes long and had a few pictures.Read more

Published on January 11, 2014

S. Harmon

Not impressed

Good moral lesson yes, not an engrossing story and very high level vocabulary for kids to be able to read on their own.Read more

Published on January 10, 2014

zehavit tzarfati

Such a kind story

Stories about friendship between a boy and a cricket are always a recipe for surprises. I loved this well written short story especially due to the inclusion of good morals and...Read more

Published on October 14, 2013

Aliza Errell

Awesome - It's like a wish coming true!

Ah, such a sweet Cricket! If a grown-up woman like me can enjoy this story and the characters in it, my grand kids can definitely as well. I certainly would want them to read it.Read more

Published on October 10, 2013

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