Description
An updated version of The Cricket in Times Square the timeless childrens classic featuring a businesssavvy mouse a kind alley cat and a talented country cricket featuring a new afterword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse He thought hed seen it all But hes never met a cricket before which really isnt surprising because along with his friend Harry Cat Tucker lives in the very heart of New York Citythe Times Square subway station
Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow Hed be there still if he hadnt followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someones picnic basket Now like any tourist in the city he wants to look around And he could not have found two better guidesand friendsthan Tucker and Harry The trio have many adventuresfrom 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 onenot even Chester himselfrealizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two
A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers
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