Synopsis
A cricket hear with its knees!
You have ears on your head, but a cricket doesn't. Behind the knee of each of a cricket's front legs is a tiny hole with a tissue-thin cover. This is the cricket's ear. Read and find out more amazing facts about crickets and learn how they make the chirping sounds, too. Hint: They don't chirp with their mouths!
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About the Author
Melvin Berger is the author of many classic LRFOs, including Germs Make Me Sick!, Oil Spills! and Why I Cough, Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn, as well as other nonfiction on the Harper backlist. He lives in East Hampton, NY.
Synopsis
Crickets on a summer evening make a chirping sound by rubbing their legs against a bumpy vein on their wings. This illustrated introduction to crickets relates intriguing facts such as how crickets hear with their knees.
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