Books with title Little Cricket's Song

Twelve-year-old Kia Yang-nicknamed "Little Cricket"-has always lived among her extended family in their tiny Laotian village. But their peaceful lives are shattered one day when North Vietnamese soldiers destroy much of their village, and Kia and her family are forced to escape the encroaching war. After three years in a Thai refugee camp, they finally receive heartbreaking news: only Kia, her brother, Xigi, and their grandfather may emigrate to America. In Minnesota, Kia is overwhelmed by her new life, isolated by culture and language. It is only when Xigi gets into big trouble and Grandfather becomes ill that Kia discovers that they are not as alone as she thought-and that others are more isolated than she'd realized. Set in Laos and Minnesota in the 1970s, this is a powerful first novel from a promising writer.

A poignant and beautiful bedtime book, Cricket Song connects two children on different continents through the evocation of sound and smell. Readers will love identifying various creatures portrayed in the book and watching what they are doing as the two children begin to fall to sleep in their beds on seemingly opposite sides of the world. While differences between cultures may be obvious, ultimately, this lovely story of sleep is a tale about interconnection.

Cricket just wanted to learn how to play the harp. Instead he became the only true Bard of Glencairck. In the green land of Glencairck, Bards are the musical, magical, and responsible for rendering judgment in any dispute. But the bards have grown soft and corrupt, ignoring the basic tenants of the Bardic Code, and abusing their power and authority.Cricket is born on a small farm in the hinterlands, and knows nothing of the wide world. But he learns music and harping from an old man known simply as Harper, who also teaches him the basics of the Bardic Code. When Harper disappears, Cricket enters the world he knows only through stories and finds that not everyone knows the old rules, or follows them, and he has to decide for himself what is right—and how far he is willing to go to defend his beliefs.This edition contains the ebooks The Cricket Learns to Sing, A Cricket at Court, and The Cricket That Roared.

A poignant and beautiful bedtime book, Cricket Song connects two children on different continents through the evocation of sound and smell. Readers will love identifying various creatures portrayed in the book and watching what they are doing as the two children begin to fall to sleep in their beds on seemingly opposite sides of the world. While differences between cultures may be obvious, ultimately, this lovely story of sleep is a tale about interconnection.

Cricket just wanted to learn how to play the harp. Instead he became the only true Bard of Glencairck. In the green land of Glencairck, Bards are the musical, magical, and responsible for rendering judgment in any dispute. But the bards have grown soft and corrupt, ignoring the basic tenants of the Bardic Code, and abusing their power and authority.Cricket is born on a small farm in the hinterlands, and knows nothing of the wide world. But he learns music and harping from an old man known simply as Harper, who also teaches him the basics of the Bardic Code. When Harper disappears, Cricket enters the world he knows only through stories and finds that not everyone knows the old rules, or follows them, and he has to decide for himself what is right—and how far he is willing to go to defend his beliefs.