yerling newbery: the cricket in times square
George Selden
- New York Bantam Doubleday Dell Books c1960
- 148 illustrations 19cm
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden is a 1961 Newbery Honor book about Chester, a Connecticut cricket accidentally transported to a New York City subway station. He befriends a boy named Mario, along with Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat, using his musical talent to save the Bellini family’s struggling newsstand before eventually returning home.