George Selden (1929–1989)
Auteur van The Cricket in Times Square
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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 toon meer 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. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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(eng) George Selden wrote The Story of Harold, an adult book, under the pseudonym Terry Andrews.
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Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse / Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride (Chester Cricket and His Friends) (2009) 38 exemplaren
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- Thompson, George Selden
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- Andrews, Terry
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- 1929-05-14
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- 1989-12-05
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- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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- Greenwich Village, New York, New York, USA
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- New York, New York, USA
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- Yale University
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- Fulbright Fellowship (1951-1952)
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- George Selden wrote The Story of Harold, an adult book, under the pseudonym Terry Andrews.
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Chester makes a third friend, too. It is a boy, Mario, who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents' newsstand. He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no one--not even Chester himself--realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two.… (meer)