The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden [1960 HARDCOVER] BCE • Ariel Books / FSG

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden & Illustrated by Garth Williams [Chester Cricket & His Friends #1]

FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION [1960] ARIEL BOOKS • FARRAR STRAUS GIROUX

Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition.

Dust jacket shows some wear and tear to edges; a few chips.  Now housed in a new Archival Quality jacket protector.

Book itself is very good.  Boards are clean, reads nicely with light wear.

After Chester, a cricket, arrives in the Times Square subway station via a picnic basket from his native Connecticut, he takes up residence in the Bellinis' newsstand. There, the tiny creature is lucky enough to find three good friends—a little boy named Mario whose parents run the unsuccessful newsstand, a fast-talking Broadway mouse named Tucker and his Pal, Harry the Cat. Throughout their escapades and their ups and downs in New York City, together they somehow manage to bring success to the almost bankrupt newsstand.

The Cricket in Times Square--a Newbery Honor Book in 1961--is charmingly illustrated by the well-loved Garth Williams, and the tiniest details of this elegantly spun, vividly told, surprisingly suspenseful tale will stick with children for years and years.