Miss Smith's Third Grade Book Club #1

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	• The Cricket in Times Square George Selden, Garth Williams (Illustrator) Yearling, 1970 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 116 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

BEST BOOK EVER

Hi my name is Ted. I love this book. it is my life. i read it in fourth grade and i am now a junior in high school. i just reread it yesterday. everyone should read this, because it will stay in your heart forever.

Miss Smith's Third Grade Book Club #1

We think it's a great book. We enjoyed reading it. It's sad and kind of exciting at the same time. We recommend this book to other third graders, although other kids may like it, too.

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A Great Children's Story

This was a nice children's story about a country cricket named Chester who accidentally finds himself taken to New York City. There he is rescued from a pile of dirt in Time Square's Subway station by a little boy named Mario, and he takes Chester in. Mario and his mother and father, Mr. & Mrs. Bellini, own a news stand at the station and that becomes Chester's new home. While he is staying at the stand Chester meets a mouse named Tucker who lives next to it in a drain pipe, and a cat named Harry, and they all become great friends. Tucker and Harry tell Chester all about New York, and make him feel welcome. Mario has never seen a cricket in New York before, and he really isn't sure how he is supposed to care for one, so he looks for some advice. He remembers seeing some cricket cages in Chinatown, so he goes there with Chester to find some information about crickets. There he meets a wise old Chinaman named Mr. Fong. He informs Mario that the Chinese believe crickets are good luck and tells him a story about the first cricket. The story Mr. Fong tells is about a man who knew all things, and spoke only truth, but his enemies wanted to kill him for speaking the truth. The gods loved him so much however that they wanted to protect him, so they turned him into a cricket. They say that now even though people can not understand the cricket song, it still fills them up with love because it still speaks of wisdom and truth. After that Mr. Fong and Mario become close friends. He sells Mario a cage, gives him a present of a bell for his cricket, and tells him he can come back anytime to take leaves from his tree to feed the cricket. Mario returns home and they are all happy for a while, but rather than bringing the Bellini's any good luck, Chester seems to bring only bad instead. Several accident's ensue, caused by Chester, Tucker, and Harry Cat. It looked like Mama Bellini was going to want to get rid of Chester, until they discover that he is a musical genius who can play any song perfectly. People then come from all over New York to see Chester play. This makes Chester very famous, but not very happy. As the season changes Chester has a dilemma on his hands as he becomes very homesick and wants to return to Connecticut, but he doesn't want to leave Mario, and his other new friends. My girls who are six and seven loved this book. This seems to be the first book in the series by George Selden, and there appear to be other adventures of Chester, Tucker, and Harry, that we'll have to go out and pick up next.

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Another great children's classic

I remember the teacher reading this book to us in the third grade, and then having my mother go out and by me a copy of my own to read again. It's a wonderful story about the transformation of a character from one place to another. It is also a great tale for describing the hustle and bustle of New York City. I remember feeling the quick pace of life there as I was reading, and how Chester the cricket just seemed to miss his laid-back country life. I think children will really enjoy the characters, and the illustrations throughout are absolutely wonderful. This must be a part of any young child's library....

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The Cricket in Times Square

Can you guess what book I read; well if you guessed The Cricket in Time Square you were right. George Seldne really gets you interested in the book. I didn't want to put the book down.
Mario owns a cricket named Chester. He picked him up by the family owned newsstand in New York.
The mother of Mario doesn't want the cricket in the house or in the newsstand, but Mario makes a little deal with her so he can keep the cricket as a pet.
This book reminds me of The Todd and Frog because in both books they develop good friendships. Chester is an outrageous friend that helps out this family by chirping famous songs. He also helps out these two friends in New York.
If you're a person that likes fantasy, where animals tell the story, then you should really enjoy reading this book.

By Tara Curry

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