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The Cricket in Times Square — George Selden
Garden Heights · Independent Novel Study

The Cricket in Times Square

a novel by George Selden
One tempting sniff of liverwurst carries Chester Cricket from a Connecticut meadow to the busiest place on earth: the Times Square subway station. There he finds a boy named Mario, a fast-talking mouse named Tucker, a wise cat named Harry — and a gift nobody expected: a perfect musical memory that turns one small chirp into the most famous music in New York. George Selden’s Newbery Honor classic (1961) asks the loveliest of questions: when the whole city stops to listen, what does a musician owe his audience — and what does he owe his own heart? These 8 Part workbooks cover the full novel (15 chapters), each with vocabulary, comprehension, literary analysis, Think Deeper reasoning, an SAT®/TOEFL®-style test, and writing, all built on real-world CLIL background.
Level 3Chester Cricket series · Book 1Interactive & auto-gradedCLIL-based
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Level 3 · Fluent ReadersUS Grade 4Lexile 780LAR (ATOS) 4.9 · Newbery Honor 1961
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Subject Personalities
The real-world subjects this novel study leans into — the depth behind every Knowledge Bank and reading passage.
PRIMARY LENS
🎵 Music & the Science of Sound
Stridulation, perfect pitch, radio waves, and the myth of Orpheus — the real science of one small song.
SUPPORTING
🚇 New York City Life, 1960
Subway shuttles, newsstand economics, rush hours, and Grand Central — the city under the city.
SUPPORTING
🏷 Chinatown & Cricket Traditions
Sai Fong’s shop, emperors’ cricket cages, and the legend of the first cricket — a thousand-year tradition.
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Progress
PT1
Part 1 · Chapters 1–2
Tucker’s Drainpipe • The Struggling Newsstand • The Chirp in the Litter
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PT2
Part 2 · Chapters 3–4
Chester’s Story • The Liverwurst Basket • Harry Cat • Times Square by Night
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PT3
Part 3 · Chapters 5–6
Sunday Morning • A Perfect Middle C • Sai Fong & the Emperor’s Cage
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PT4
Part 4 · Chapters 7–8
The Cricket Cage • The Two-Dollar Bill • Tucker’s Life’s Savings
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PT5
Part 5 · Chapters 9–10
The Chinese Dinner • Mulberry Leaves • The Party & the Fire
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PT6
Part 6 · Chapters 11–12
The Jinx • The Song of Sorrento • Mr. Smedley’s Letter
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PT7
Part 7 · Chapter 13
Fame • Concerts Twice a Day • September Longing
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PT8
Part 8 · Chapters 14–15 · Final
Orpheus • The Farewell Concert • Grand Central Station
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