Larger	The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends) Author: George Selden
	Book Information Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 1 Rating: 3 ISBN-13: 9780374316501 - ISBN-10: 0374316503 Publication Date: 1/1/1960 Pages: 144 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Book Reviews

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.