内容简介
柴斯特，一只出生在康涅狄克州草原的蟋蟀，因为贪吃，被意外带到了纽约时代广场的地铁站。乡下来的小蟋蟀第一次出远门，就来到了全世界最繁华的地方。在这个全然陌生的世界，他幸运地被一个好心的男孩，报摊老板的儿子玛利欧收养，并与两个地铁站里的老住户——亨利猫和塔克鼠成为了好朋友。
柴斯特有着惊人的音乐天赋，他“演奏”的美妙音乐，打动了听过的每个人，成为了纽约最受瞩目的明星，改变了玛利欧一家人贫穷的生活。令人意外的是，柴斯特收获了那么多的掌声和鲜花，依旧念念不忘家乡的自由生活，于是他告别了朋友们，踏上了回家之路。
作者简介
乔治·塞尔登(1929-1989)，生于美国康涅狄格州。大学毕业后走上了儿童小说的创作道路。真正使他一举成名的，就是这本1961年创作的《时代广场的蟋蟀》。出版后即好评如潮，一直到今天仍风行在美国市场，奠定了塞尔登在儿童文学界的地位。后来塞尔登又发展出了这个系列的7个故事，如《塔克的郊外》等，都受到小读者的深深喜爱。
Content introduction
Chester, a cricket born in the Connecticut prairie, is accidentally taken to The Times Square subway station in New York City because of his voracious eating. The little cricket from the countryside went out for the first time, and came to the most prosperous place in the world. In this strange world, he is lucky enough to be adopted by a kind boy, Mario, the son of a newsstand owner, and becomes good friends with two old residents of the subway station - Henry the Cat and Tucker the Mouse.
Chester has amazing musical talent, he "played" beautiful music, touched everyone who heard, became the most watched star in New York, changed the poor life of the Mario family. To his surprise, Chester received so many applause and flowers, and still remembered the free life in his hometown, so he said goodbye to his friends and set out on his way home.
About the author
George Selden (1929-1989) was born in Connecticut. After graduating from college, he began to write children's novels. The book that really made him famous was The Cricket in Times Square, written in 1961. It was published to great acclaim and is still popular in the American market today, establishing Selden's position in the world of children's literature. Selden later developed this series of seven stories, such as "Tucker's Suburbs" and so on, are deeply loved by young readers.
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