Quick as a Cricket

I love this book! I like to read each page, and then the children act it out (they can add bubbles). Sometimes I play the piano while they move; I improvise different styles to fit the words. If you prefer, here are some listening suggestions you can play as they move.

• Quick…cricket = A Cricket Sang and Set the Sun (Blake Tyson)
• Slow…snail = String Quartet, “The Wide Missouri”: I. Very Slow, Sustained (Michael Horvit)
• Small…ant = Sonata for keyboard in G minor, K. 12 (L. 489) (Scarlatti)
• Large…whale = Eccles: Sonata in G Minor: I. Largo
• Sad…bassett = Ase’s Death (Edvard Grieg)
• Happy…lark = Flute Concerto in D Major, Op. 283: I. Allegro Molto Moderato (Carl Reinecke)
• Nice…bunny = Sensuality (Relaxing Songs) – Smooth Jazz
• Mean…shark = Jaws: Main Title / First Victim (John Williams)
• Cold…toad = Embroider Small Bags
• Hot…fox = El Palo, Tito Puente & his orchestra
• Weak…kitten = IIyinsky – Noure et Anitra, Op. 13: No. 7, Berceuse (Lullaby)
• Strong…ox = Night on Bare Mountain (Mussorgsky)
• Loud…lion = Carmina Burana: I. O Fortuna (Orff)
• Quiet…clam = Arabesque (Debussy)
• Tough…rhino = 4th String Quartet Sz 91. V. Allegro molto (Bartok)
• Gentle…lamb = Liebestraum (Liszt)
• Brave…tiger = Gongs and Drums to Welcome New Year (IV. Lohan Has Fun With the Lion)
• Shy…shrimp = Clair de Lune (Debussy)
• Tame…poodle = Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Andante (Mozart)
• Wild…chimp = African Conga Drums
• Lazy…lizard = Valse Triste (Sibelius)
• Busy…bee = The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Me = Celebration (Kool and the Gang)