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The important thing about a cricket is
(you tell me)

The important thing about a cricket is that it is black, it chirps, it hops, it jumps and sings all through the summer night. But the important thing about a cricket is that it is black.

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Margaret Wise Brown

Margaret Wise Brown

1910 - 1952
American
MARGARET WISE BROWN was a writer of extraordinary talent. Few writers for children have been as intimately attuned to the concerns and emotions of c... See more
Leonard Weisgard

Leonard Weisgard

1916 - 2000
American
Leonard Weisgard, winner of the Caldecott Medal for The Little Island, was born in New Haven, Connecticut. The author and illustrator of numerous bo... See more

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