Cricket in times square biography

Book Review of The Cricket in Times Square
The Children’s Book Review

The Cricket in Times Square

Written by George Selden

Illustrated by Garth Williams

Age Range: 7-10

Paperback:  151 pages

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1960)

ISBN-13: 978-0312380038

What to expect:  Animals, Insects, Crickets, Mice, Cats, New York, Friendship, Adventure, Saying Goodbye, Loss

The Cricket in Times Square may be the perfect book for Charlotte’s Web devotees.

Cricket has many of the same, masterful literary components as Charlotte’s Web:  A homesick animal who must adjust to a new environment? Check. A cast of animal characters who supports the confused, lost friend?

Check. A young child who befriends and defends the seemingly helpless animal?

Cricket in times square ebook

Check.

Cricket tells the story of Chester, a cricket who, after accidentally trapping himself in a picnic basket in his home state of Connecticut, finds himself in the Times Square subway station. Once he frees him