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George Selden (1929–1989)

Författare till The Cricket in Times Square

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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 visa mer 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) visa färre
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(eng) George Selden wrote The Story of Harold, an adult book, under the pseudonym Terry Andrews.

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Associerade verk

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, January 1974 (1974) — Bidragsgivare — 6 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Thompson, George Selden
Andra namn
Andrews, Terry
Födelsedag
1929-05-14
Avled
1989-12-05
Kön
male
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Dödsort
Greenwich Village, New York, New York, USA
Bostadsorter
New York, New York, USA
Utbildning
Yale University
Columbia University
Yrken
writer
Priser och utmärkelser
Fulbright Fellowship (1951-1952)
Särskiljningsnotis
George Selden wrote The Story of Harold, an adult book, under the pseudonym Terry Andrews.

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Lovely little book about Chester the country cricket and his city smart friends Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat. Poignant ending!
 
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secondhandrose | 73 andra recensioner | Oct 31, 2023 |
This prequel to The Cricket in Times Square introduces readers to Tucker Mouse and Harry Kitten (before he was Harry Cat), how they met, and how they came to live in the drainpipe in the subway. They face many dangers, including a trio of rats, but by sticking together, they find the perfect home.
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JennyArch | 4 andra recensioner | Oct 18, 2023 |
Chester Cricket jumps into a picnic basket in his meadow in Connecticut and finds himself on a train to New York City - specifically, the Times Square subway station, where he meets Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat, and is adopted by Mario Bellini, whose family runs a newsstand. Mario ventures to Chinatown to find a cricket cage and learn what Chester likes to eat (mulberry leaves), and Chester wows the Bellinis and the subway crowds by giving concerts of songs he's heard on the radio. But Chester's concert schedule becomes exhausting, and he misses Connecticut, so Tucker and Harry help him come up with a plan to go home - and maybe to visit in the future.… (mer)
 
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JennyArch | 73 andra recensioner | Oct 11, 2023 |
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. 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. 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. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides--and friends--than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventures--from taking in the sights and sounds of Broadway to escaping a smoky fire.

Chester makes a third friend, too. 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. He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no one--not even Chester himself--realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two.
… (mer)
 
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PlumfieldCH | 73 andra recensioner | Sep 22, 2023 |

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Garth Williams Illustrator, Cover artist
Peter Lippman Illustrator
Stacey Lee Foreword
Tony Shalhoub Narrator

Statistik

Verk
25
Även av
2
Medlemmar
10,599
Popularitet
#2,244
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
96
ISBN
185
Språk
7
Favoritmärkt
2
Proberstenar
76

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