The Cricket in Times Square

Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before,which really isn’t surprisingbecausealong with his friend Harry CatTucker lives in the very heart of New York CityΓÇöthe Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He’d be there still if he hadn’t followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone’s picnic basket. Nowlike any tourist in the cityhe wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guidesΓÇöand friendsΓÇöthan Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventuresΓÇöfrom taking in the sights and sounds of Broadway to escaping a smoky fire. Chester makes a third friendtoo. It is a boyMariowho 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 petbut Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no oneΓÇönot even Chester himselfΓÇörealizes 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.