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What is the problem in The Cricket in Times Square?
After a while, Mario notices the unusual sound the cricket makes and finds Chester on his newsstand. This is how Chester Cricket becomes Mario’s pet. The main problem of the story is the difficulty of Chester’s choice between his new friends and musical career, and his desire to go back home to Connecticut.
Is there a sequel to Cricket in Times Square?
Tucker’s Countryside
The Cricket in Times Square/Followed by
Children’s Book Review – Tucker’s Countryside (A sequel to The Cricket in Times Square) Tucker in Tucker’s Countryside (1969) is the mouse from the extraordinary and renowned children’s book The Cricket in Times Square. Here the mouse gets his own heroic tail.
What age is Cricket in Times Square for?
For years, I had been singing the praises to parents of the 1960 novel, The Cricket in Times Square (Ages 9-13, younger if reading aloud), as a perfect read-aloud chapter book for those eager to follow longer, more complex stories—but not yet in possession of the reading ability to get there themselves.
Where does Mario take Chester in the cricket in Times Square?
He decides to take Chester back to Chinatown to see what Sai Fong recommends. Sai Fong invites Mario and Chester inside. In his kitchen, there is an entire Chinese meal cooking on the stove, and one of Sai Fong’s friends, an old Chinese gentleman, is sitting in the room as well.
What happens in chapters 9 and 10 of the cricket in Times Square?
Between chapters 9 and 10, Selden has a lot of time pass in order to juxtapose the Chester who is just getting used to New York with the Chester who has grown comfortable here over the course of two months. Whenever a large amount of time passes as quickly as that in a story, it is intended to show some kind of change in the characters.
Where does Harry go in the cricket in Times Square?
Harry shows up just in time, having gone down to Washington Square to hear an open-air chamber music concert. He says that not even the violinist played as well as Chester can. They put on the radio during the party and Harry sings along when his favorite song comes on. Tucker makes fun of him, but Chester says that Harry sings beautifully.
How is Mario different from Sai Fong in the cricket in Times Square?
Mario is distanced from Sai Fong not only by the many Manhattan streets between Chinatown and the Times Square subway station where his family works, but also by the difference in their cultural practices.