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The cricket in Times Square

The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Selden, George, 1929-
Other Authors:	Auberjonois, René, 1940-
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Random House/Listening Library, [2004], p1995.
Subjects:	Crickets > Juvenile fiction. Mice > Juvenile fiction. Cats > Juvenile fiction. Children's audiobooks.
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Summary:	The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.
Item Description:	Unabridged. Compact disc.
Physical Description:	3 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:	0807205036 :
Author Notes:	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. (Bowker Author Biography)