The cricket in Times Square : a recorded dramatization of the Newbery Award Honor Book
(Audiobook CD)

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Audiobook CD
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (approximately 35 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Level 4.9, 4 Points

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General Note
A recorded dramatization of the Newbery Award honor book, by George Selden
Creation/Production Credits
Dramatization by Aurora Jorgensen ; directed by Peter Fernandez.
Participants/Performers
Herb Duncan, Lionel Wilson, Earl Hammond, Scott Jacoby, and others ; narrator, William Griffis.
Description
A whimsical story about the friendship between a cat, a mouse and a cricket in the middle of Times Square.
Description
One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tires, hooting of horns, howling of brakes, and the babbling of voices--is interrupted by a sound that even Tucker Mouse, a jaded inhabitant of Times Square, has never heard before. Mario, the son of Mama and Papa Bellini, proprietors of the subway-station newsstand, had only heard the sound once. What was this new, strangely musical chirping? None other than the mellifluous leg-rubbing of the somewhat disoriented Chester Cricket from Connecticut. Attracted by the irresistible smell of liverwurst, Chester had foolishly jumped into the picnic basket of some unsuspecting New Yorkers on a junket to the country. Despite the insect's wurst intentions, he ends up in a pile of dirt in Times Square. Mario is elated to find Chester. He begs his parents to let him keep the shiny insect in the newsstand, assuring his bug-fearing mother that crickets are harmless, maybe even good luck. What ensues is an altogether captivating spin on the city mouse/country mouse story, as Chester adjusts to the bustle of the big city. Despite the cricket's comfortable matchbox bed (with Kleenex sheets); the fancy, seven-tiered pagoda cricket cage from Sai Fong's novelty shop; tasty mulberry leaves; the jolly company of Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat; and even his new-found fame as "the most famous musician in New York City," Chester begins to miss his peaceful life in the Connecticut countryside.
Awards
Newbery Honor book, 1961.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Selden, G., Jorgensen, A., Fernandez, P., Duncan, H., Wilson, L., Hammond, E., Jacoby, S., & Griffis, W. (1971). The cricket in Times Square: a recorded dramatization of the Newbery Award Honor Book (Abridged.). Newbery Award Records.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

George Selden et al.. 1971. The Cricket in Times Square: A Recorded Dramatization of the Newbery Award Honor Book. Newbery Award Records.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

George Selden et al.. The Cricket in Times Square: A Recorded Dramatization of the Newbery Award Honor Book Newbery Award Records, 1971.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Selden, George, et al. The Cricket in Times Square: A Recorded Dramatization of the Newbery Award Honor Book Abridged., Newbery Award Records, 1971.

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