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| Title | : | The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends #1) |
| Author | : | George Selden |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 134 pages |
| Published | : | May 11th 1999 by Yearling (first published 1960) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Classics |
George Selden
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 134 pages Rating: 4.03 | 58721 Users | 1662 Reviews
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One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tires, hooting of horns, howling of brakes, and the babbling of voices--is interrupted by a sound that even Tucker Mouse, a jaded inhabitant of Times Square, has never heard before. Mario, the son of Mama and Papa Bellini, proprietors of the subway-station newsstand, had only heard the sound once. What was this new, strangely musical chirping? None other than the mellifluous leg-rubbing of the somewhat disoriented Chester Cricket from Connecticut. Attracted by the irresistible smell of liverwurst, Chester had foolishly jumped into the picnic basket of some unsuspecting New Yorkers on a junket to the country. Despite the insect's wurst intentions, he ends up in a pile of dirt in Times Square.Mario is elated to find Chester. He begs his parents to let him keep the shiny insect in the newsstand, assuring his bug-fearing mother that crickets are harmless, maybe even good luck. What ensues is an altogether captivating spin on the city mouse/country mouse story, as Chester adjusts to the bustle of the big city. Despite the cricket's comfortable matchbox bed (with Kleenex sheets); the fancy, seven-tiered pagoda cricket cage from Sai Fong's novelty shop; tasty mulberry leaves; the jolly company of Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat; and even his new-found fame as "the most famous musician in New York City," Chester begins to miss his peaceful life in the Connecticut countryside. The Cricket in Times Square--a Newbery Honor Book in 1961--is charmingly illustrated by the well-loved Garth Williams, and the tiniest details of this elegantly spun, vividly told, surprisingly suspenseful tale will stick with children for years and years. Make sure this classic sits on the shelf of your favorite child, right next to The Wind in the Willows. (Ages 9 to 12)
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| ISBN: | 0440228891 (ISBN13: 9780440228899) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Chester Cricket and His Friends #1 |
| Setting: | New York State(United States) New York City, New York(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (1961), Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1963), Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1979), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1962) |
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Really glad to give this a reread. I read it in grade school, far away from NYC, long before I thought of living here. (Tangentially, I bought this copy at Half Price Books near Iowa City.) I know that absolutely none of the details of New York came through for me then, because they were entirely outside my frame of reference, so I was really curious about them now.Well, 4 stars for the New Yorkiness! It really does a great job, and feels really accurate. A lot of the environment is completelyWhat a delightful story! Sometimes, it really is good to be a kid again.
Very cute!
A lot to like (loved the scenes that depicted NYC in all its glory), but several instances where characters' actions rang a sour note. They acted one way for chapter upon chapter then said or did something that rang completely untrue. Took you out of the story. In a way, it felt almost like a talented self-published author's first publication. There was a lot to like but it was marred by several glaring mistakes that should have been instantly recognizable.
I wish I could give this book five stars instead of three. George Selden had a gift for very quickly developing delightful characters, both human and anthropomorphic, as well as writing stellar dialogue. The exchanges between Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat frequently made me laugh, and I found myself sharing some of them aloud with my husband. Garth Williams contributed fantastic art, as usual, and, while each book is totally unique, this combination of story + illustrations is on par with Mrs.
The Cricket in Times Square is not exactly a rip-off of (the far superior) Charlotte's Web; it's not even an imitation; rather, it's Charlotte's Web-adjacent. Instead of a spider, you have a cricket; instead of writing in a web, you have a cricket playing opera and classical music; instead of saving a pig's life, the cricket is repaying debt. You get the gist though. These two books are in the same fantasyland, next-door neighbors to one another, or maybe even long lost cousins. The weirdness of
This book was dated, written in the 50s I believe, so the old Chinese man in Chinatown spoke with an "l" in lieu of "r"s ("velly" instead of "very", etc.). That was a bit on the not-so-good side and brought this book down a star, but the rest of the book was really quite sweet. There was one scene where I was actually tearing up, but mostly because I was imagining that scene actually happening, that people would all unite in silence and peace at the same moment, and be as one. It was really
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