Sounds of Summer
Imagine you are camping, it is night time and everyone has finally gone to sleep. The camp is quiet. You strain your ears for sound. What summer night time noises would you hear? Chirp, Chirp. Chirp, Chirp. Crickets!
Did you know crickets are in the same genus as grasshoppers and only the male crickets sing? Air temperature also affects the speed of the chirping, the higher the temperature at night the faster they chirp. How do crickets protect themselves? What do they eat? Where do they live?
Discover Project WILD’s “Grasshopper Gravity” activity under the stars and explore the world of crickets.
Book List
Grades PreK-2
Allen, J. 2002. Are You a Grasshopper?. Kingfisher.
Archambault, J. 2006. The Leaping Grasshopper. Jitterbug Books.
Barkan, J. 2007. Little Cricket’s Song. Readers Digest Children’s Publishing, Incorporated.
Berger, M. 1999. Chirping Crickets. HarperCollins Children’s Books.
Bosca, F. 2006. The Three Grasshoppers. Purple Bear Books, Incorporated.
Carle, E. 1997. Very Quiet Cricket. Penguin Young Readers Group.
Caudill, R. 2004. Pocketful of Cricket. Holt, Henry Books for Young Readers.
Collins, B. Insect’s Body, Vol 1. HarperCollins Publishers.
Green, E. 2006. Crickets. Bellwether Media.
Hall, M. 2004. Crickets. Coughlan Publishing.
Howe, J. 1994. I Wish I Were a Butterfly. Harcourt Children’s Books.
Lobel, A. 1986. Grasshopper on the Road (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2). HarperCollins Publishers .
Loewen, N. 2005. Chirp, Chirp!: Crickets in Your Backyard. Coughlan Publishing
Loewen, N. 2003. Hungry Hoppers: Grasshoppers in Your Backyard. Coughlan Publishing.
Spinelli, E., Berger. M. 1998. Chirping Crickets, Vol. 2. Harper Collins Children’s Books.
Wheeler, Lisa. 2003. Old Cricket. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
Grades 3-5
Collins, B. Insect’s Body, Vol 1. HarperCollins Publishers.
Green, E. 2006. Crickets. Bellwether Media.
Goldish, M., Brown. B. 2008. Leaping Grasshoppers. Bearport Publishing Company, Incorporated.
Hall, M. 2004. Crickets. Coughlan Publishing.
Lobel, A. 1986. Grasshopper on the Road (I Can Read Book Series: Level 2). HarperCollins Publishers .
Lockwood, S. 2007. Grasshoppers. Child’s World, Incorporated, The.
Miller, S. 2001. Grasshoppers and Crickets of North America. Scholastic Library Publishing.
Ross, M. 2002. Cricketology. Lerner Publishing Group.
Scholl, E. 2004. Grasshopper (Bug Series). Gale Group.
Spinelli, E., Berger. M. 1998. Chirping Crickets, Vol. 2. Harper Collins Children’s Books.
Grades 6-8
Jacobs, L. 2003. Wild Wild World: Crickets. Gale Group.
Perry, P. 1995. Fiddlehoppers: Crickets, Katydids, and Locust. Scholastic Library Publishing.
