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Tucker's Countryside

Tucker's Countryside( )
Author: Selden, George
Illustrator: Williams, Garth
Series title:Chester Cricket Ser.
ISBN:978-0-440-40248-0
Publication Date:Nov 1989
Publisher:Random House Children's Books
Imprint:Yearling
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $5.50
Book Description:

Chester Cricket needs help. That's the message John Robin carries into the Times Square subway station where Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse live. Quickly, Chester's good friends set off on the long, hard journey to the Old Meadow, where all is not well. Houses are creeping closer. Bulldozers and construction are everywhere. It looks like Chester and his friends' home will be ruined and the children of the town won't have a place to play. Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse are used to the city...
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Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Science & Nature / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Insects, Spiders, Etc.
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.19 x 7.63 x 0.42 Inches
Book Weight:0.281 Pounds
Author Biography
Selden, George (Author)
George Selden Thompson was born in Hartford, Connecticut on May 14, 1929. He graduated from Yale University in 1951 and studied in Rome for a year on a Fulbright Scholarship. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 15 children's books and 2 plays under the name George Selden. His first book, The Cricket in Times Square, was published in 1960. It won a John Newbery Medal in 1961 and was made into an animated film in 1973. His other works include Tucker's Countryside, The Old Meadow, and Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse. He died from complications from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage on December 5, 1989 at the age of 60.

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