Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought hea??d seen it all. But hea??s never met a cricket before, which really isna??t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York Citya??the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. Hea??d be there still if he hadna??t followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someonea??s picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guidesa??and friendsa??than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventuresa??from 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 parentsa?? 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 onea??not even Chester himselfa??realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the t...Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought hea??d seen it all. But hea??s never met a cricket before, which really isna??t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York Citya??the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. Hea??d be there still if he hadna??t followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someonea??s picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guidesa??and friendsa??than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventuresa??from 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 parentsa?? 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 onea??not even Chester himselfa??realizes 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.(展開(kāi))