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Tucker's Countryside

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This book was incredible. I know how corny it sounds but it actually has changed my life. I read it in fifth grade about 5 times. I'm 18 years old and still remember the book. Ever since I read it I've wanted to visit Connecticut and eat Liverwurst. I tried the liverwurst and it wasn't too good. I still want to visit Connecticut though. I encourage everyone to read this book and to read it to your kids. I don't know if it will make an impact in their lives as much as it did mine. But it is definitly worth reading.

Except for Charlotte's Web, this is perhaps the best young person's book in existence. The narrative makes you visualize so thoroughly you will be left with the feeling that you have seen a movie. Don't miss this book!

I wanted to read this book because the book I read before Tucker's Countryside was the Cricket in Time Square. This book is the sequel to the Cricket in Time Square. When I read that there was a sequel to the Cricket in Time Square I looked for it in my bookcase to see if I had it. When I found it I began to read the back of the book and it seemed interesting to me.

The book was about a bird named Robin took Tucker mouse and Harry cat to Connecticut where their old friend Chester cricket lived. They found each other and Chester showed them around the countryside. They found out that his home was going to be destroyed by the bulldosers to make room for the new homes. The towns people won't have a place to play either. Now it is up to Tucker mouse and Harry cat to save the land.

My favorite part of the book was when Harry cat found this girl that would take care of him. This part is my favorite because the girl reminds me of myself because I have five cats and three of them are strays. Harry cat was going to stay at the little girl's house, but he decided to go back to Time Square with Tucker mouse towards the end of the book.

This Book is one of the best books i have ever read! I also enjoy George Seldens, :The Cricket in Time Square". I encourage you to read this book!

This was the best book I ever read! The book was about were Tucker (a mouse) and Harry (a cat) to go to help their friend Chester (a cricket) save his home and the home of other animals on the countryside. My farviote character was Tucker a very nice and smart This is a great book it got me to read all the other books in this series and I never read. You won't be disapointed!!![.]

I enjoyed the book because it had hundreds of animals, a great storyline and Chester's idea called for alot of teamwork.

This was the best book I ever read! The book was about were Tucker (a mouse) and Harry (a cat) to go to help their friend Chester (a cricket) save his home and the home of other animals on the countryside. My farviote character was Tucker a very nice and smart This is a great book it got me to read all the other books in this series and I never read. You won't be disapointed!!!!!!!!!!

This 1969 sequel to A Cricket in Times Square seems very relevant and alive today. The problem: suburban sprawl threatens to destroy the Old Meadow where Chester Cricket and his animal friends live, and neighborhood children enjoy the last unspoiled patch of nature in Hedley, Connecticut. Chester once spent a summer in Times Square, where he got to know a wily and resourceful mouse, Tucker, as well as a surprisingly peaceable cat, Harry. He calls on his street-smart city friends to help the residents of the Old Meadow save their home from people who want to bury the brook in a culvert and build apartment complexes over the whole meadow. After some trials and tribulations--city mouse Tucker finds that life in the country is not all pretty flowers, ah-choo!--the city and country animals find a way to work together to save the meadow. The characters are so appealing, and the writing so lively and humorous, that the book's lessons about environmental conservation and civic involvement never seem preachy. I read this to a 6-year-old & he loved it. So did I! Someone should make an animated movie of this story & bring the book back into print!

I read this book from my local library when I was in my pre-teens. I am now buying it, along with the Cricket in Time Square books to read to future grandchildren. I LOVED it.
PS-I'm now almost 50

After I finally convinced my 9 y/o son to read The Cricket in Times Square, he was hooked on Harry, Tucker and Chester. He read this book and was sad it was over. Get the whole series, plus Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange if you have a boy who doesn't like to read too much because these characters are all interesting to boys. Girls love them too, but it is hard to find books that appeal to boys, besides Captain Underpants that is.