A musically inclined country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York City is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat as well as Mario, a boy who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents' newsstand. A Newbery Honor Book.
Music and friendship change the lives of a cricket, a mouse, a cat, and a young boy in New York City's Time Square subway station. Chester, a relocated Connecticut cricket, finds life in New York City lonely and difficult until he is taken in by Mario Bellini, the son of the couple who run the subway station's rather unsuccessful newsstand. Chester also bonds with two others who live in the subway station--Tucker the mouse and Harry the Cat. Chester, Tucker, and Harry worry about the Bellini family and fear that lack of business at the newsstand will drive the family into financial ruin. Luckily, Chester is a talented musician--but will his lovely playing be enough to draw customers to the newsstand? Illustrated with BW pen-and-ink drawings, THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE demonstrates how art can enrich the lives of even the busiest of New Yorkers. A 1961 Newbery Honor Book, this is the first entry in a series about Chester and his friends.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Action + Adventure / General, Lifestyles / City + Town Life, Animals / Insects + Spiders, People + Places / United States / General
- Age: 9-12 years
- Publisher: Square Fish
- Pages: 132
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: April 1, 2008
- Date Published: April 1, 2008
- Author: George Selden
- Illustrator: Garth Williams