The Cricket in Times Square By George Seldon Book Reviewed by ET
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Book Review of The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon E.T. March 18, 2008 “The spurt of the flames it sent up lit the frayed edge of the newspapers.” Tucker Mouse was staring at Mario. Mario was a poor boy. He and his parents worked at a newsstand built by Papa Bellini. They were going broke very quickly. One day, Mario heard a chirp, then another under a pile of soot and old newspapers. Mario had heard this before. He went there and gently lifted the papers. He found a cricket! Read this book to find out if the cricket will annoy Mario or help him! A exciting bit of the story is when the cricket, Tucker Mouse, a friend of Harry, a cat is having a party and when mouse dances, some matches fall off the shelf and burn papers. (p.92) In Babe: Pig in the City, Babe is just like Chester Cricket, he becomes famous. But in The Cricket in Times Square, Chester is doing something he likes while Babe is doing good deeds. I like this story because even though it is fantasy, it is very much like adventure. I like adventure books because I like books that really just tells me a person’s calm life. George Seldon (born May 14, 1929, Hartford, Connecticut; died December 5, 1989) He was educated at the Loomis School, and graduated from there in 1947. He attended Yale University, where he joined the Elizabethan Club and the literary magazine, and graduated with a B.A. in 1951. He also attended Columbia University for three summers. After Yale, he studied for a year in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship from 1951 and 1952. Seldon is best known as the author of several books about the character Chester Cricket and his friends. The first book, The Cricket in Times Square, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1961. Seldon explained the inspiration for that book as follows: "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. He wrote several sequels and other books in that series, which totaled seven books in all: ·The Cricket in Times Square ·Tucker's Countryside ·Harry Cat's Pet Puppy ·Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride ·Chester Cricket's New Home ·Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse ·The Old Meadow His other books include: ·The Genie of Sutton Place ·Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange
The Cricket in Times SquareBy George Seldon
Book Reviewed by ET
Book Review of The Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon
E.T. March 18, 2008
“The spurt of the flames it sent up lit the frayed edge of the newspapers.”
Tucker Mouse was staring at Mario. Mario was a poor boy. He and his parents worked at a newsstand built by Papa Bellini. They were going broke very quickly. One day, Mario heard a chirp, then another under a pile of soot and old newspapers. Mario had heard this before. He went there and gently lifted the papers. He found a cricket! Read this book to find out if the cricket will annoy Mario or help him!
A exciting bit of the story is when the cricket, Tucker Mouse, a friend of Harry, a cat is having a party and when mouse dances, some matches fall off the shelf and burn papers. (p.92)
In Babe: Pig in the City, Babe is just like Chester Cricket, he becomes famous. But in The Cricket in Times Square, Chester is doing something he likes while Babe is doing good deeds.
I like this story because even though it is fantasy, it is very much like adventure. I like adventure books because I like books that really just tells me a person’s calm life.
George Seldon (born May 14, 1929, Hartford, Connecticut; died December 5, 1989) He was educated at the Loomis School, and graduated from there in 1947. He attended Yale University, where he joined the Elizabethan Club and the literary magazine, and graduated with a B.A. in 1951. He also attended Columbia University for three summers. After Yale, he studied for a year in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship from 1951 and 1952.
Seldon is best known as the author of several books about the character Chester Cricket and his friends. The first book, The Cricket in Times Square, was a Newbery Honor Book in 1961. Seldon explained the inspiration for that book as follows:
"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.
He wrote several sequels and other books in that series, which totaled seven books in all:
· The Cricket in Times Square
· Tucker's Countryside
· Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
· Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride
· Chester Cricket's New Home
· Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse
· The Old Meadow
His other books include:
· The Genie of Sutton Place
· Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange