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""Once there was a little cricket, happy as the day is long, sitting by the hearthside, chirping a cheery song."" In this delightful rhyming children's book, a little cricket dreams of being a beautiful butterfly until she learns that every life has its ups and downs and that we should be grateful for who we are. Elizabeth Tyler Gunter Downey's timeless children's poetry book helps young children understand that you can find happiness within yourself and know that all of God's creatures are special and have a place in our world. This picture book is a great family bedtime story that focuses on enduring themes such as the importance of love and appreciation for yourself and acknowledgement of God's love and presence in our daily life. Ages 3-8.

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Known as ""Beppy"" to her friends and ""Twomama"" to her grandchildern, Elizabeth Tyler Gunter Downey wrote many poems throughout her life. The Cricket's Story, one of her earliest poems written as a young girl, has now become a children's book to pass on the timeless theme of her beautiful poem about a cricket's desire for happiness.She was born in 1915 in Montgomery, Alabama, the seventh child of Montgomery's long-time mayor, William Adams Gunter and his wife, Julia Scott Gunter. She married Bruce J. Downey, Jr. of Nashville, N.C. and raised two children with him in her new home, Jacksonville, NC. She died in 2007 leaving behind a legacy of love, beauty, and graciousness. Slats Slaton is an award-winning advertising creative director from Alabama who was educated at the University of Alabama and Parsons School of Design. He is also an author who recently published his first novel, Bread Crumbs, a wonderful story about a father's forthright presentation of truth and common sense to his daughter. The Cricket's Story marks his first assignment as an illustrator for a children's book.

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