Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 59 Marks, Jeannette Augustus 1875 1964 Marks, Jeanette Augustus The Cheerful Cricket and Others Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. The cheerful cricket -- The slothful toad -- The sullen caterpillar -- The green inch worm -- The mean spider -- The Marsh Grass Vesper Quartette -- The noisy fly -- The dizzy moth -- The honest ant -- The walking stick -- Lady Bug & Mrs. Poe Tato-Bug -- The tuneful humming bird. Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Cheerful Cricket and Others" by Jeannette Augustus Marks is a delightful collection of children's stories written during the early 20th century. This enchanting book features tales centered around various insects and their whimsical adventures in nature, exploring themes of cheerfulness, morality, and the lessons learned through life's experiences. The stories aim to entertain and impart values to young readers. The book consists of charming tales such as "The Cheerful Cricket," where Mrs. Cricky teaches her little crickets about cheerfulness and fear while navigating the dangers of their environment, and "The Slothful Toad," featuring the lazy Toadie Todson who meets a fitting end due to his idleness. Other characters include the sulky Glummie Caterpillar, the honest Anty Hill, and the cheerful hummingbird Hummy, each story imparting a moral lesson on cooperation, kindness, and the importance of an active life. The illustrations by Edith Brown further enhance the whimsical nature of the text, making it a vivid reading experience for children and a valuable addition to their storytime. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature 82819 82707 2024-10-04T04:46:01.366684 2023-10-04T05:16:22.474856 text/html text/html 82812 82700 2024-10-04T04:46:01.588674 2023-10-04T05:16:22.612361 text/html text/html 105606 2024-10-04T04:46:07.010647 application/epub+zip 104298 2024-10-04T04:46:04.450668 application/epub+zip 90565 2024-10-04T04:46:03.310681 application/epub+zip 228716 2024-10-04T04:46:08.883629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215078 2024-10-04T04:46:06.310702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173109 2022-09-04T07:45:02.644367 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 68956 68895 2024-10-04T04:46:01.116669 2023-10-04T05:16:22.317848 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 63869 2020-12-30T22:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 25714 2020-12-30T22:41:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19242 2024-10-04T04:46:09.007627 application/rdf+xml 14965 2024-10-04T04:46:03.859646 image/jpeg 3650 2024-10-04T04:46:03.585764 image/jpeg 103500 2024-10-04T04:46:01.596663 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia