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The cricket in Times Square / George Selden ; illustrated by Garth Williams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Square Fish, 2008, ©1960.Edition: First Square Fish editionDescription: 132 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780312380038
  • 0312380038
  • 9780756984397
  • 0756984394
  • 1435284984
  • 9781435284982
  • 9780738312200
  • 0738312207
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Tucker -- Mario -- Chester -- Harry Cat -- Sunday morning -- Sai Fong -- Cricket cage -- Tucker's life savings -- Chinese dinner -- Dinner party -- Jinx -- Mr. Smedley -- Fame -- Orpheus -- Grand Central Station.
Awards:
  • Newbery Honor Book, 1961.
Summary: Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City-the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides-and friends-than Tucker and Harry. But Chester has a hidden talent and no one, not even Chester himself, realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction SELDEN GEORGE 1 Available 33111010476469
Total holds: 0

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Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City--the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides--and friends--than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventures--from taking in the sights and sounds of Broadway to escaping a smoky fire.

Chester makes a third friend, too. It is a boy, Mario, who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents' newsstand. He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no one--not even Chester himself--realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two.

The Cricket in Times Square is a 1961 Newbery Honor Book.

"Originally published in the United States by Farrar, Straus and Giroux"--Title page verso.

Tucker -- Mario -- Chester -- Harry Cat -- Sunday morning -- Sai Fong -- Cricket cage -- Tucker's life savings -- Chinese dinner -- Dinner party -- Jinx -- Mr. Smedley -- Fame -- Orpheus -- Grand Central Station.

Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City-the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides-and friends-than Tucker and Harry. But Chester has a hidden talent and no one, not even Chester himself, realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two.

GRL S.

Newbery Honor Book, 1961.

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 4.9 4 Quiz 22 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available, literary skills quiz available.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 4.0 22.

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