About this title: 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. ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780440415633ISBN:0440415632
Description: Williams, Garth. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Slight cover wear; inscription on inside cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780440415633ISBN:0440415632
Description: Williams, Garth. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
Binding: Mass Market
Publisher: Dell Yearling
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780440216223ISBN:0440216222
Description: Poor. 1993 Mass PB. Dell Yearling-Publisher. 151 pgs. No reader marks, binding solid. Cover with moderate shelf/edge wear. Numerous pages with corner creases. Hafl title page with blue/green stain near top corner. Front cover with top corner crease. Reader's copy only. Newbery Honor Book. read more
Description: Very Good. 0440415632 Great condition Soft Cover book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, light edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Very Good. 0440801303 Great condition paperback book, clean pages, mild creases to spine, some edge/corner rubs, this book is GREAT! Shop & Save With US. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dell
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780440801306ISBN:0440801303
Description: Good. EX-LIBRARY; used item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks Satisfaction Guaranteed. Most orders ship same day. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Yearling Books
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780440415633ISBN:0440415632
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Covers rubbed, ex-library copy with usual markings, corner/edges are worn, spine lightly creased, text is unmarked, good reading copy. read more
"Audiotape. This would be a great book to listen to as I did. The cricket has perfect pitch and can immitate any song upon hearing it once. I borrowed it from the library and I think I got more out of it since I could hear the classic pieces that the book talks about. Kids would not get that unless they had had music training. Interesting and appropriate 5th grade and lower."
"I liked this book! It was a really cute story about a cricket, a mouse, and a cat hanging out in Times Square, doing their thing.
I think I especially liked it because I've BEEN to Times Square!!!! Only for like 2 seconds but it was good to be able to kind of "see" the scenes of the book in my head.
This would be a great read-aloud for basically any grade - the characters are well-written, the language isn't too much for a little kid, and the story moves along. It's not amazingly action-packed, but I think that's okay.
All in all, a nice little book for a casual read. I hear there are some more with the same characters so maybe I'll check them out!"
"somebody just reminded me of this! it was one of my favorite stories to read when i was a kid. i still remember thinking of how cool it would be to have a cricket for a little pet and keep it in a little bamboo cage. and the scene where the cricket os singing and all the levels of the subway stop to listen to the song is still in my mind after all these years. and they say that the power of the written word is nothing... and that if you spend time reading as a kid (as opposed to learning how to shoot automatic weapons, wield knives and jack cars playing video games as your training for a promising career gang banging), you're a loser."
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