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Summary

A new group of beetles has just moved in and they're disturbing Tucker's sleep with their loud music. But they can't stop practicing if they want to win the Battle of the Bug Bands. Will Tucker find a way to deal with all this racket and get a good night's sleep? These favorite characters fromThe Cricket in Times Squarestar in the brand new-adventure created especially for beginning readers.

Author Biography

GEORGE SELDEN (1929-1989) wrote not only the adventures of Chester, Harry, Tucker, and their friends but also The Genie of Sutton Place, which was one of School Library Journal’s Best Books of the Year.

GARTH WILLIAMS (1912-1996) illustrated all of George Selden’s Chester Cricket books. His other distinguished work includes Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and the Little House books.

THEA FELDMAN is the author of numerous books for children, including Suryia and Roscoe, which she co-authored with Dr. Bhagavan Antle, available in Spring 2011 from Henry Holt BYR.

OLGA and ALEKSEY IVANOV are the illustrators of many children's books, including the Charlotte’s Web beginning readers in which they also replicated the style of Garth Williams.

HARRY CAT AND TUCKER MOUSE TUCKER’S BEETLE BAND (Begin Reading)

Tucker Mouse liked the everyday sounds

of the busy subway station

in Times Square.

He lived in a drainpipe there

with his best friend, Harry Cat.

Rumble went the trains.

Stomp, stomp went all the hurrying feet.

Cree, cree, cree went Chester Cricket.

He was Harry and Tucker’s friend.

He lived at the newsstand

near the drainpipe.

At night, all the sounds stopped.

While Harry went out for adventures,

Tucker loved to fall asleep

in peace and quiet.

One day, four beetle musicians

started playing their music

directly below Harry and Tucker.

That night, when the other sounds

in the station stopped,

the beetle band did not.

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