The Cricket in Times Square

It is a boy, Mario, who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents' newsstand.

Chester makes a third friend, too.

But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station.

He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that.

The trio have many adventures—from taking in the sights and sounds of Broadway to escaping a smoky fire.

Yoto Says: The Cricket in Times Square is the timeless children's classic featuring a mouse, alley cat, and country cricket.

Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around.

An updated version of The Cricket in Times Square , the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee.

Tucker is a streetwise city mouse.

Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow.

He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket.

He thought he'd seen it all.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers.

And he could not have found two better guides—and friends—than Tucker and Harry.

An updated version of The Cricket in Times Square, the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new foreword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee.

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