The Cricket in Times Square
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (855 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0017QKRRC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 135 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beautiful story of friendship and loyalty I loved this book! I read it with my 10 year who usually hates reading. She didn't want to put it down. We loved the two dynamics, the human world and the friendship between the boy and the cricket, and the behind the scenes animal world with the unlikely friendship that formed between the cricket, mouse and cat. The love and self sacrifice that all the characters had toward one another was just beautiful!. Gunny D said A Childhood Favorite. I first read this book back in elementary school in the late 1960's. It wasn't a required book to read, I just chose it because I guess at that age I was intrigued.Because this was during the day and age pre-video games, a great book was an important find during that time. The Cricket in Times Square was one of those books.I disappeared into it and loved being in the subway, visiting the newsstand and almost smelling the newspapers, and taking a trip to mysterious Chinatown. Even after allthese years I remember this book fondly and I was actually looking to see if it was in EBook form because I thought it would be great to read agai. enchanting Pat Skrinar I liked it because it was funny, sad and engrossing. I think it is a great book for many ages. Third and fourth graders can read it alone, but would recommend it read out loud by any adult. It will keep your attention. I like that there were only a few characters because I could keep everyone straight. I gave it five stars because it was well written and the development of the characters and story line was well paced and had good highs and lows.
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. The Cricket in Times Square--a Newbery Award runner-up 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. 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. Despite the insect's wurst intentions, he ends up in a pile of dirt in Times Square. What ensues is an altogether captivating spin on the city mouse/country mouse story, as Chester adjusts to the bustle of the big city. Make sure this classic
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 Citythe Times Square subway station. Chester makes a third friend, too. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no onenot even Chester himselfrealizes 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.. He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more t