After Chester lands, in the Times Square subway station, he makes himself comfortable in a nearby newsstand. There, he has the good fortune to make three new friends: Mario, a little boy whose parents run the falling newsstand, Tucker, a fast-talking Broadway mouse, and Tucker's sidekick, Harry the Cat. The escapades of these four friends in bustling New York City makes for lively listening and humorous entertainment. And somehow, they manage to bring a taste of success to the nearly bankrupt newsstand. Join Chester Cricket and his friends in this classic children's book by George Selden, with illustrations by Garth Williams. The Cricket in Times Square is a 1961 Newbery Honor Book.
Charley Cornett, a newcomer to the Little School in the Appalachian Mountains, is a dreamer and a curious soul who has his classmates wondering if he will ever be responsible enough to earn the honor of carrying the flag. Reprint.
A Newbery Honor Book: During the Revolutionary War, a courageous pioneer girl fights for freedom When thirteen-year-old Stephanie Venable moves with her family from North Carolina to a four-hundred-acre homestead in Kentucky, she knows they’re in for a great adventure. The family sells whatever belongings they can’t fit in their covered wagon, and begin the long journey west. But Stephanie has brought something special with her, an apple seed from their tree back home, just as her grandmother did when she moved from France to America. In Kentucky, the Venables must fell trees, build a cabin, and prepare the land for crops. Being a pioneer is a lot of work, but it’s also very exciting: Stephanie and her family must grow, catch, or hunt everything they need to eat and survive. With the Revolutionary War also moving west, the family faces threats from British sympathizers and American rebels. Will freedom take root in America, like Stephanie’s young apple tree, or will the Venable family succumb to the hardships of frontier life?
"If I knew I was going to die today, I'd still want to hear the cricket scores." --J. H. Hardy Prepare to be hit for six by this witty collection of the very best quotes, anecdotes, jokes, and trivia, putting a humorous spin on the enduring spectacle that is cricket--a must for anyone who enjoys the gentleman's game.
One day, a little cricket is born and meets a big cricket who chirps his welcome. But the little cricket cannot make a sound. The cricket meets many insects, but it isn't until he meets a beautiful female cricket that he can finally chirp "hello!" Excerpt: Hello! whispered a praying mantis, scraping its huge front legs together. The little cricket wanted to answer, so he rubbed his wings together. But nothing happened. Not a sound.
Reflecting Jesyca By Reese Gabriel The last thing Jesyca needs to find on her doorstep a week before Christmas is the sexy, handsome as sin cowboy, Mark Bristol. Mark has already burned her too many times with his fiery one-night stands and now he's got a new ace up his sleeve, in the form of a pocket mirror which he claims proves the two of them are meant to be together...forever. Jes doesn't trust Mark to turn over a new leaf. Nor can she trust her own body to resist his advances long enough to sort out his incredible story of the magic mirror he won in a poker game from an old medicine man. The answer lies in her own reflection, but she must believe in what she sees... Reflecting the Future By Cricket Starr John Forge is the station chief of a mining colony on a futuristic Mars and all he wants is a home and family...and Suzie Shelty, the colony's morale officer. Trouble is that while Suzie might admit to being infatuated with the handsome captain, she's not so sure she believes in love. Fortunately she does believe in holiday magic and with John's help creates for the station the first Christmas on Mars. Suzie's uncertainty and John's unwillingness to compromise could keep them apart. But a mirror that reflects the future-and a certain jolly old elf-may yet make this Christmas the first of many these two will enjoy.