Christmas Cricket by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Timothy Bush 2002
This unique holiday story warms the heart. A small and seemingly unimportant cricket escapes the wet night outside by squeezing under the door of a cozy house. He encounters a young boy and his Dad decorating their home for Christmas. He hops quickly into the inner branches of the Christmas tree and listens. He begins to sing, and his song is mistaken for the song of the angel perched on a nearby branch. He becomes frantic as a human hand pokes through the branches, but then his panic is calmed when the Dad asks, “Did you know that angels sing in the song of birds, and frogs and people and crickets?”
Though Cricket is small, he is not insignificant, and this causes his song to be filled with a trembling joy.
Appropriate for ages 4-8
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