| Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride Contributor(s): Selden, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374411816 ISBN-13: 9780374411817 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2001 Annotation: Continuing the adventures in "The Cricket in Times Square", Chester is homesick for Connecticut, and meets Lulu, a pigeon who takes Chester on a zooming flight over the city. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 80020326 |
| Lexile Measure: 820 |
| Series: Chester Cricket and His Friends |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6.01" W x 9.02" (0.23 lbs) 64 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 56333 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chester Cricket--the famous cricket in Times Square--is homesick. When his friend Mario takes him to a sky show at the Planetarium, Chester realizes how much he misses seeing real stars at night. Happily, he finds his way out of the subway into Times Square, where he meets a new friend, Lulu Pigeon. Lulu takes him on a trip beyond his wildest dreams. From Central Park to the top of the Empire State Building, from the Statue of Liberty and back to Times Square, Chester sees Manhattan in style--and even finds a little bit of country in the city! |
Contributor Bio(s): Selden, George: - George Selden (1929-1989) was the author of A Cricket in Times Square, winner of the 1961 Newbery Honor and a timeless children's classic. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Selden received his B.A. from Yale, where he was a member of the Elizabethan Club and contributed to the literary magazine. He spent three summer sessions at Columbia University and, after college, studied for a year in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship. People often asked Selden how he got the idea for The Cricket in Times Square. "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." The popular Cricket series grew to seven titles, including Tucker's Countryside and The Old Meadow. In 1973, The Cricket in Times Square was made into an animated film. Selden wrote more than fifteen books, as well as two plays. His storytelling blends the marvelous with the commonplace realities of life, and it was essential to him that his animal characters display true emotions and feelings.Williams, Garth: - Garth Williams (1912-96) illustrated all seven of the Chester Cricket books and many other works, including Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web. |