"The Cheerful Cricket and Others" is a collection of stories by Jeannette Marks, by Small, Maynard & Company. The book features a series of tales centered around different insects and animals, each learning meaningful life lessons. The stories included in this collection are "The Cheerful Cricket," "The Slothful Toad," "The Sullen Caterpillar," "The Green Inch Worm," "The Mean Spider," "The Marsh Grass Vesper Quartette," "The Noisy Fly," "The Dizzy Moth," "The Honest Ant," "The Walking Stick