The Great Cricket Picket

The Great Cricket Picket is a rhyming insect adventure featuring: a kicked cricket a protest snoring and a cookie.In this humorous story written by Nathan Tafoya and illustrated by Melissa Bastow bugs join forces and stand up to a boy when he hurts one of their own. The Great Cricket Picket is also a great conversational starter for parents and educators looking to discuss bullying tolerance and consequences in general.CLICK HERE to watch the promotional video on YouTube!This fast-paced tale also has a digital book app adaptation created by author Nathan Tafoya.The interactive book app is available on iOS & Android platforms & it features: - Read To Me/Read By Myself options - Narration with highlighted text - Custom music & animations on every page - A maze - Memory games - Puzzles - A coloring exerciseParents supplementing the traditional print edition with the book app will appreciate the combination of their childs interactive reading experience with educational lessons & fun game-play. A FREE audio read-along companion is also available for download from respective mobile app stores the publishers website and the authors website.The storyline of The Great Cricket Picket helps children develop social empathetic & emotional-learning skillsets.DONT FORGET! On the dedication page are resources for parents teacher leaders and kids to address both victims & perpetrators of bullying. Included in the resource links are helpful toolkits & how-tos as well.From the author: I hope this book helps fight bullying in its own small way. I hope The Great Cricket Picket entertains children while teaching them to respect others & to be considerate. It is my hope that children exposed to this book grow up to make the world a better place in some small part due to a story their parents read to them about bugs. I want that kind of future for my children. I want to be a part of the solution because any is too many.This book is dedicated with permission to the memory of Steven Urry.