Eunice and Cricket

audiobook

Eunice and Cricket

by Elizabeth Weston Timlow

EN·~5 hours

Chapters

Description

Eunice and Cricket are two spirited girls who have just received a brand‑new Kodak as a birthday present, and they can’t wait to put it to use. With a tattered pamphlet in hand, they set up a makeshift studio on the doorstep, coaxing a friendly goat and their friends into posing. Their playful banter and earnest attempts to master the camera’s quirks turn a simple snapshot session into a lively lesson in patience and teamwork.

As the girls experiment with lighting, lenses and the mysterious “largest stop,” their curiosity leads them into a series of charming escapades—impromptu parties, unexpected visitors, and a host of countryside adventures. Their enthusiasm for photography becomes a gateway to friendship, problem‑solving, and the delight of capturing ordinary moments in extraordinary ways. Listeners will find a warm, nostalgic portrait of childhood ingenuity that invites them to see the world through a child’s eager lens.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (294K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Louise Davies, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2021-08-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Elizabeth Weston Timlow

Elizabeth Weston Timlow

1861–1931

An American educator and writer, she is best remembered for lively children's stories, including the popular Cricket books. She also led girls' boarding schools in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., bringing a teacher's eye to her fiction.

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