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Chester Cricket and his friends from the meadow have to help poor old Mr. Budd. He and his dog Dubber have to move out of their quiet corner of the Old Meadow because it has been named a historical landmark.Chester Cricket and the meadowfolk band together to save Mr. Budd from being evicted from the Old Meadow by the town council. Through their efforts and dreams, they are able to stop the world one magical night just long enough to make a difference.
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editfish This book is a sequel to 'A Cricket in Times Square'. Don't read any of the other 'Chester' or 'Harry' books until you've first read that one!
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Even though Mr. Budd pretty much keeps to himself, Chester Cricket and his friends love him anyway. After all, he's lived in a quiet corner of the Old Meadow for as long as anyone can remember. Now that the meadow has been made into a historical landmark, though, the Town Council of Hedley, Connecticut, has decided that Mr. Budd and his dog, Dubber, should move. Alarmed, Dubber turns to Chester Cricket for help.
Chester rounds up all the meadow folk - Walter Water Snake, Simon Turtle, Robert Robin, and the rest - plus newcomer Ashley Mockingbird. Together, the animals quickly realize they must put aside their differences and join forces as never before if they are to save Mr. Budd from certain eviction.
Chester rounds up all the meadow folk - Walter Water Snake, Simon Turtle, Robert Robin, and the rest - plus newcomer Ashley Mockingbird. Together, the animals quickly realize they must put aside their differences and join forces as never before if they are to save Mr. Budd from certain eviction.
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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 show more 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Old Meadow
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- Children's Books, Fiction and Literature, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PZ7 .T37154 .O — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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