George Selden

A man with literary bent and the winner of a Fulbright Scholarship, George Selden's storytelling ability has won the hearts of children for decades. His Newbery Honor book, The Cricket in Times Square, launched a series of seven Cricket books.

Selden was born in Connecticut and lived most of his adult life in New York City where wrote a total of 15 books and two plays before he died in 1989.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Harry Cat’s Pet Puppy
Dunkard
Genie of Sutton Place
Oscar Lobster’s Fair Exchange
Chester Cricket’s New Home
Irma and Jerry
Tucker’s Countryside
The Story of Annie Sullivan
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse
The Old Meadow
Chester Cricket’s Pigeon Ride

--B. Redman