THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE

first edition

1960 · New York

by Selden, George; Williams, Garth
New York: Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1960. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of this classic Newbery Honor book. THE CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE has often been described as an "urban counterpoint" (Potts, 327) to CHARLOTTE'S WEB (which Williams also famously illustrated). The story of a musical cricket who saves a struggling Times Square family newsstand with his performances, it won the 1961 Newbery Honor and was later adapted in 1973 by Chuck Jones for an animated short. Along with WRINKLE IN TIME, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, and FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER, CRICKET ranks among (truncated)
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