Review: Great Life Lessons!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2013
"Crickets in the Pocket" is a great introduction to "chapter books" for children in the primary grades. Although the main characters are boys, the lessons learned by Tommy from his cricket friend, Robin...are universal and gender friendly.Author Yuval Harpaz does a fine job of explaining the feelings that are involved when a best friend chooses to play with someone else. He develops the theme of one of our basic freedoms..."freedom of choice" which includes choosing new friends. This author also goes on to explain that it is best not to jump to conclusions as there could be a very good reason behind the choice. He suggests,  through the assistance of Robin and his elderly Grandfather, that it is definitely better to ask the friend "why" instead of wondering what happened. I also like the point of view that each boy has the freedom of choice to choose to play with others...and with that comes the opportunity and added bonus of  making new and enjoyable friends.Inspirational Author & Book Reviewer ~ Dolores AyotteGrowing Up & Liking It