Read Series: Chester Cricket And His Friends
by Author Garth Williams
Harry Cat's Pet Puppy (1975)
"Get that thing out of here!" Tucker shouted.Tucker Mouse was waiting impatiently in the drainpipe in the Times Square subway station where he and his friend, Harry Cat, made their home. And when Harry finally came home, he was dragging with him what looked like a dirty dish mop. It was a puppy."...
The Old Meadow (2000)
Illustrated in b&w, heroic Chester Cricket and fellow animal friends help save the kind, old hermit from being evicted.
Tucker's Countryside (1989)
A continuation of “The Cricket of Times Square,” “Tucker’s Countryside” by George Selden tells the story of what happens after Chester Cricket has returned to his home in Hedley, Connecticut. Trouble has come to his home in the Old Meadow as plans to build an apartment complex threaten the area, ...
Chester Cricket's New Home (1984)
Ugh, this book. It's hard to believe it was written in the 1980s, when its attitudes seem to be straight from the 1940s.The main characters in this book are Chester Cricket, Simon Turtle, and Walter Water Snake. Others are John Robin, Donald Dragonfly, Bill Squirrel, Sam Grackle, Henry and Emily ...
The Cricket in Times Square (1999)
2.5 stars rounded up to 3. I'll admit I wasn't the target audience here, but I think a lot of kids would enjoy this story. It's light and whimsical and full of fun for the elementary age crowd. I think I'll let my niece borrow it if she wants to. She's a voracious reader, 9 years old now, and...