The Cricket in Times Square

Children's Books

George Selden

Garth Williams

Literature & Fiction

Puffin Books

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. Spanish language edition.

Un Grillo En Time Square: En Español (The Cricket in Times Square, Spanish Edition)

Animals

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat

Yearling

Cricket in Times Square (Dolphin)

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd

The Newbery Honor ClassicIn the more than thirty years since The Cricket in Times Square was first published, it has become a classic for all ages, passed down from generation to generation. Georg Selden's whimsical tale of a little Connecticut cricket named Chester, whose entrapment in a wicker picnic basket leads to never-before-dreamed-of adventures upon his arrival in Times Square, in its original, unabridged form, becomes a delightful performance as retold by Rene Auberjonois.The Cricket In Times SquareAfter Chester lands, in the Times Square subway station, he makes himself comfortable in a nearby newsstand. There, he has the good fortune to make three new friends: Mario, a little boy whose parents run the falling newsstand, Tucker, a fast-talking Broadway mouse, and Tucker's sidekick, Harry the Cat. The escapades of these four friends in bustling New York City makes for lively listening and humorous entertainment. And somehow, they manage to bring a taste of success to the nearly bankrupt newsstand.

Listening Library

Sports & Outdoors

Other Team Sports

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Chester, a very musical cricket, visits New York, he brings business to Mario's newsstand.

Turtleback

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