Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride [Paperback]

George Selden (Author), Garth Williams (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up

Chester Cricket--the famous cricket in Times Square--is homesick. When his friend Mario takes him to a sky show at the Planetarium, Chester realizes how much he misses seeing real stars at night.

Happily, he finds his way out of the subway into Times Square, where he meets a new friend, Lulu Pigeon. Lulu takes him on a trip beyond his wildest dreams. From Central Park to the top of the Empire State Building, from the Statue of Liberty and back to Times Square, Chester sees Manhattan in style--and even finds a little bit of country in the city!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Chester, a country cricket who misses stargazing during his stay in the city, takes a breathtaking ride with new friend Lulu Pigeon over New York. Descriptions of Central Park and Times Square are evocative . . . Full-page pen-and-ink drawings are panoramic and most vibrant when depicting the familiar Chester, Harry Cat, and Tucker."--Booklist

"Thoughtful but unpretentious, humorous without more cleverness, this is nothing less than a good story, well told and sympathetically illustrated."--School Library Journal

"Williams's big, breathtaking pen-and-ink drawings almost steal the show from the author."--Publisher's Weekly

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From the Publisher

Chester Cricket--the famous cricket in Times Square--is homesick. When his friend Mario takes him to a sky show at the Planetarium, Chester realizes how much he misses seeing real stars at night.

Happily, he finds his way out of the subway into Times Square, where he meets a new friend, Lulu Pigeon. Lulu takes him on a trip beyond his wildest dreams. From Central Park to the top of the Empire State Building, from the Statue of Liberty and back to Times Square, Chester sees Manhattan in style--and even finds a little bit of country in the city! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Square Fish; 1st edition (April 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0374411816
• ISBN-13: 978-0374411817
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #766,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #51 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( W ) > Williams, Garth

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Pics, May 5, 2009

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J. Levine (Somerville, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Paperback)

The plot is a little thin compared to the richness of The Cricket in Times Square. But the pictures are great, and worth the price alone.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars review for chester, November 17, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Paperback)

Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride is about a cricket named chester who lived in a sub way with a boy who cares for him and two friends who is a cat and a mouse and they are maried (the mouse and cat are maried.)Also chester lived in time square were their are rarly any trees,but when chester was feeling home sick from his origonal home in the country he started to smell oak trees.So now chester is tring to figure out were the sent of the oak trees are coming from.When chester found out were the trees were he started to them,but he had to cross a bissy,bissy road.(The oak trees are in a park called Central Park.)Now that chester hopped accros the road he took a giant leep onto the bigest tree he saw and began to nibble on some leafs.But then a pigeon flew right next to chester the cricket and said,What is a cricket doing all the way in the city?All Chester did was get scared and the pigeon said don't be scared I'll show you something that will cheer you up(This is when chester is told to go on the pigeons back.)Since chester is on the pigeons back the pigeon takes off into flight to show chester the Statue of Liberty,then after that the pigeon and the bird become friends and every time chester goes to Central Park chester always sees the pigeon

5.0 out of 5 stars marvelous. A parent's review., April 25, 2011

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M. Heiss (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Paperback)

I like this even better than George Selden's "The Cricket in Times Square." This is a much shorter book, but Chester Cricket gets out of the subway and goes to see New York City! He gets to the Planetarium and the Museum of Natural History, he goes to Central Park and the Empire State Building, he crosses Broadway and flies to the Statue of Liberty.

If you're going to New York City, get this book for your kids. It's fun.