The Cricket in Times Square Series
This series of books follows the adventures of a cricket and his friends, from New York to The Countryside:
- The Cricket in Times Square (1960)
- Tucker’s Countryside (1969)
- Harry Cat’s Pet Puppy (1974)
- Chester Cricket’s Pigeon Ride (1981)
- Chester Cricket’s New Home (1983)
- Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse (1986)
- The Old Meadow (1987)
Books in the The Cricket in Times Square series:
Tucker’s Countryside (1969)
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.”
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Harry Cat’s Pet Puppy (1974)
When Harry Cat brings home a stray puppy, he and Tucker Mouse must find it a new home before it outgrows their drainpipe in Times Square.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Chester Cricket’s Pigeon Ride (1981)
Chester Cricket goes sightseeing one night with his friend Lulu Pigeon. Richard Egielski painted the book jacket.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Richard Egielski
Garth Williams
Chester Cricket’s New Home (1983)
When his stump is destroyed by an overweight picnicker, Chester Cricket begins an odyssey to find a new one, with some help from his friends.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse (1986)
This is the story of how Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse first met and how they ended up living in a drainpipe in Times Square. Richard Egielski added the color to the dust jacket illustration.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Richard Egielski
Garth Williams
The Old Meadow (1987)
Chester Cricket and his friends help one of the oldest inhabitants of the Meadow keep his house.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams