Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse / Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride: Two Books in One Contributor(s): Selden, George (Author), Williams, Garth (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 031258248X ISBN-13: 9780312582487 Publisher: Square Fish
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2009 Annotation: In this prequel to the classic "The Cricket in Times Square", the first daysof friendship between Harry and Tucker are recounted. Illustrations. 6x 9. Click for more in this series: Chester Cricket and His Friends |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Cats |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 6-9 |
Grade Level: 1-4 |
Lexile Measure: 600(Not Available) |
Series: Chester Cricket and His Friends |
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.08" W x 9" L (0.35 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 416 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse Chester Cricket is homesick. When his friend Mario takes him to a sky show at the Planetarium, Chester realizes how much he misses seeing real stars at night. Happily, he finds his way out of the subway and into Times Square, where he might be able to see the sky--if he could just get past all of the bright lights. Then he meets Lulu Pigeon. Every pigeon Chester's ever known loves to eat crickets. But could Lulu turn out to be a friend? Could she fly him above the bright lights so he can see the starry night sky again? |
Contributor Bio(s): Selden, George: - George Selden (1929-1989) was the author of A Cricket in Times Square, winner of the 1961 Newbery Honor and a timeless children's classic. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Selden received his B.A. from Yale, where he was a member of the Elizabethan Club and contributed to the literary magazine. He spent three summer sessions at Columbia University and, after college, studied for a year in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship. People often asked Selden how he got the idea for The Cricket in Times Square. "One night I was coming home on the subway, and I did hear a cricket chirp in the Times Square subway station. The story formed in my mind within minutes. An author is very thankful for minutes like those, although they happen all too infrequently." The popular Cricket series grew to seven titles, including Tucker's Countryside and The Old Meadow. In 1973, The Cricket in Times Square was made into an animated film. Selden wrote more than fifteen books, as well as two plays. His storytelling blends the marvelous with the commonplace realities of life, and it was essential to him that his animal characters display true emotions and feelings.Williams, Garth: - Garth Williams (1912-96) illustrated all seven of the Chester Cricket books and many other works, including Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. |
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