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A very quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound as do so many other animals finally achieves his wish. The cricket's sound is reproduced at the end of the book.

On Christmas Eve a little cricket finds its way into a house where its singing is thought to be the voice of an angel.

All of Little Bear's friends and family have gathered for dinner. Everyone is having a wonderful time. But when they hear an odd noise, Little Bear finds out that they have an unexpected guest for dinner--a cricket!!

"Little Cricket's wishes he could go someplace where he could play and make noise without waking his new baby brother"--

Cricket shows Oscar the kitten how various objects need a push or a pull to move, but animals use their muscles to move around.

One day a tiny cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. The tiny cricket tries to respond, but there is no sound. The quiet cricket then makes his way into the world, meeting one insect after another, each of whom greets the little cricket with a cheery hello--the hum of a bee, the whirr of a dragonfly, the whisper of a praying mantis. The cricket rubs his wings together each time, but nothing happens, not a sound. Until the...