The Cricket in Times Square
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 8:00am
Chester the cricket, inadvertently displaced from his country home, finds friendship in New York’s Times Square station. We get a small animal-sized view of the world and a view of friendships between animals and also between people and animals.
Discussed in the books are the struggles of a family that owns a newspaper stand, the unintentional trouble the sympathetic animals create, and an idea of the little incidents that make NY such a cool place that does not always live up to its reputation as a cold, unfriendly city.
Best Audience:
Boys & Girls ages 5-11
Parts that might raise objections:
None
Ideas you will want to discuss:
New York, music, friendship, feeling out of place, homesickness, child labor
Discussion Questions:
Have you ever felt homesick?
How would the story have been different if Chester had not met his friends?
What’s different between your life and Mario’s life?
Which character did you like the best?
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