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Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride
Contributor(s): Selden, George (Author)

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ISBN: 0374411816     ISBN-13: 9780374411817
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2001
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Annotation: Continuing the adventures in "The Cricket in Times Square", Chester is homesick for Connecticut, and meets Lulu, a pigeon who takes Chester on a zooming flight over the city. Illustrations.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - City & Town Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 80020326
Age Level: 6-9
Grade Level: 1-4
Lexile Measure: 820(Not Available)
Series: Chester Cricket and His Friends
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 6.01" W x 9.02" L (0.23 lbs) 64 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Geographic Orientation - New York
- Locality - New York, N.Y.
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Northeast U.S.
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 56333
Reading Level: 5.1   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Chester Cricket--the famous cricket in Times Square--is homesick. When his friend Mario takes him to a sky show at the Planetarium, Chester realizes how much he misses seeing real stars at night.

Happily, he finds his way out of the subway into Times Square, where he meets a new friend, Lulu Pigeon. Lulu takes him on a trip beyond his wildest dreams. From Central Park to the top of the Empire State Building, from the Statue of Liberty and back to Times Square, Chester sees Manhattan in style--and even finds a little bit of country in the city!


Contributor Bio(s): Selden, George: - George Selden (1929-1989) was the author of A Cricket in Times Square, winner of the 1961 Newbery Honor and a timeless children's classic. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Selden received his B.A. from Yale, where he was a member of the Elizabethan Club and contributed to the literary magazine. He spent three summer sessions at Columbia University and, after college, studied for a year in Rome on a Fulbright Scholarship. People often asked Selden how he got the idea for The Cricket in Times Square. "One night I was coming home on the subway, and I did hear a cricket chirp in the Times Square subway station. The story formed in my mind within minutes. An author is very thankful for minutes like those, although they happen all too infrequently." The popular Cricket series grew to seven titles, including Tucker's Countryside and The Old Meadow. In 1973, The Cricket in Times Square was made into an animated film. Selden wrote more than fifteen books, as well as two plays. His storytelling blends the marvelous with the commonplace realities of life, and it was essential to him that his animal characters display true emotions and feelings.Williams, Garth: - Garth Williams (1912-96) illustrated all seven of the Chester Cricket books and many other works, including Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web.
 
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