Larger	Quick as a Cricket Author: Audrey Wood
	Book Information Publisher: Child's Play International Ltd Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 1 Rating: 4 ISBN-13: 9780859531511 - ISBN-10: 0859531511 Publication Date: 8/1982 Pages: 32 Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Book Reviews

"I'm as quick as a cricket, I'm as slow as a snail. I'm as small as an ant, I'm as large as a whale." Parents and teachers choose this big square book for the message of self-confidence. Toddlers love it for the singsong phrases and Don Wood's large, silly, endearing illustrations, which feature a boy mimicking different kinds of animals. At one point, he is pictured sipping tea formally with a fancy poodle ("I'm as tame as a poodle") and on the very next page he is swinging through trees ("I'm as wild as a chimp"). Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself. With a confident grin, he lifts his arms up and declares, "Put it all together and you've got ME!"