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Keywords

assertiveness, beliefs, chinese, competition, conflict resolution, cricket, death, decision making, dreams, family, grandparents, grief, insects, loss, multicultural, parents, respect, royalty, self esteem, verbal communication, vision

Title

Cricket boy

Description

Hu Sing's father is asked to come to the emperor's palace to fight his champion cricket against the emperor's own champion. In trying to protect the cricket, Hu Sing accidentally kills it, and then kills himself, until he has a strange dream.

Author

Ziner, Feenie

Publisher

Doubleday and Company, Inc.

Illustrator

ISBN

0-385-12506-2

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1977

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Elena Schaible, 1995

Citation

Ziner, Feenie, “Cricket boy,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed February 6, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/7767.