The Cricket in Times Square

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Random House Children's Books, 1996年5月2日 - 160 頁
After Chester lands, in the Times Square subway station, he makes himself comfortable in a nearby newsstand. There, he has the good fortune to make three new friends: Mario, a little boy whose parents run the falling newsstand, Tucker, a fast-talking Broadway mouse, and Tucker's sidekick, Harry the Cat. The escapades of these four friends in bustling New York City makes for lively listening and humorous entertainment. And somehow, they manage to bring a taste of success to the nearly bankrupt newsstand.

內容

Tucker
1
Mario
9
Chester
18
Harry Cat
27
Sunday Morning
35
Sai Fong
43
The Cricket Cage
53
Tuckers Life Savings
61
The Chinese Dinner
75
The Dinner Party
84
The Jinx
97
Mr Smedley
107
Fame
118
Orpheus
131
Grand Central Station
141

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關於作者 (1996)

George Selden Thompson was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 14, 1929. He graduated from Yale University in 1951 and studied in Rome for a year on a Fulbright Scholarship. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 15 children's books and 2 plays under the name George Selden. His first book, The Cricket in Times Square, was published in 1960. It won a John Newbery Medal in 1961 and was made into an animated film in 1973. His other works include Tucker's Countryside, The Old Meadow, and Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse. He died from complications from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on December 5, 1989 at the age of 60.

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