Publisher's Synopsis
A Newbury Children's Literature Award classic suitable for reading between the ages of nine and ninety-nine. A cricket from the countryside paralyzed traffic in New York City! New Yorkers who have always been in a hurry, all stopped in order to listen to its chirping! The blockbuster cricket Chasite became famous unexpectedly, but his fame did not bring him happiness... Cricket Chasite, who unexpectedly came to the New York Times Square newsstand, made good friends Tucker Mouse and Harry the Cat there. They got into a catastrophe by accident. When Chaste was frustrated, he occasionally raised his wings and rubbed and made beautiful music, which shook the whole New York, the New York Habitat that has always been hurriedly running.
