An updated version of 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. 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

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3) Tucker's countryside

Author

Selden, George

Series

Avon Camelot book

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5

Lexile measure

750L

Language

English

Description

Read Description

The adventures of a city bred cat and mouse when they go to the country in Connecticut to visit their friend, Chester Cricket. A sequel to "The Cricket in Times Square."

4) Chester Cricket's pigeon ride

Author

Selden, George

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

820L

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Nostalgic for his country home, Chester Cricket braves the busy city streets in search of a tree and finds a new friend in the process.

5) Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse ; Chester Cricket's pigeon ride

Author

Selden, George

Series

Flip me

Publisher

Square Fish

Pub. Date

2009.

Lexile measure

600L

Language

English

Description

Read Description

In "Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse," two unlikely friends try to find a home in New York City; and in "Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride," Chester befriends Lulu the pigeon who helps him escape to the country.

6) Chester Cricket's new home

Author

Selden, George

Publisher

Farrar Straus Giroux

Pub. Date

[1983]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3

Lexile measure

740L

Language

English

Description

Read Description

When two rather stout ladies sit on Chester Cricket's home in the Old Meadow, the worm-eaten stump collapses and Chester, aided by his friends, is forced to look for a new home.