01.31.07
Cricket 34/5: Thoughts
This was a good issue of Cricket. It had the conclusion of “In Search Of…”, a science fiction story that has been running for several months, and I was quite pleased with it. The story as a whole was excellent and I really enjoyed the conclusion. They also began a new story that is rather intriguing called “Zulma” about some children in 17th century France. There was a cute story from Persia called “The King Who Wanted to Fly” which had a very funny flying contraption in it and a very sensible queen who didn’t get nearly enough credit! My two favorite stories in the issue, though, were “Breakfast for Mrs Roosevelt” and “Two Dollars”. Both take place during the depression. The first is about a girl who made breakfast for Eleanor Roosevelt while the first lady’s plane was delayed at a small airport. It was apparently based on a true story. The second story was about a little girl buying groceries for a family her father rented an apartment to because they had gone without food for two days in order to pay the rent. It was a sad, sweet story. This was a good issue.