George Selden (1929–1989) war ein amerikanischer Autor, der vor allem für seinen beliebten Kinderroman "The Cricket in Times Square" bekannt ist, der 1961 mit einer Newbery Honor ausgezeichnet wurde. Dieser zeitlose Klassiker leitete eine Serie von sieben Büchern ein, darunter "Tucker's Countryside" und "The Old Meadow", und begeisterte Generationen von Lesern mit seiner charmanten Mischung aus Fantasie und Alltagsleben. Seldens Inspiration für die Geschichte kam, als er eine Grille auf dem Times Square-U-Bahnhof zirpen hörte – ein Moment, den er als entscheidend für die Gestaltung der Erzählung beschrieb. Seine Werke erforschten oft Themen wie Freundschaft und Abenteuer durch die Linse anthropomorpher Tiercharaktere, denen er echte Emotionen und nachvollziehbare Erfahrungen verlieh.
Geboren in Hartford, Connecticut, absolvierte Selden die Yale University, wo er zur literarischen Zeitschrift beitrug und Mitglied des Elizabethan Club wurde. Er setzte seine Studien an der Columbia University fort und verbrachte später ein Jahr als Fulbright-Stipendiat in Rom. Während seiner Karriere verfasste Selden mehr als fünfzehn Bücher und zwei Theaterstücke und hinterließ damit ein bleibendes Vermächtnis in der Kinderliteratur. Seine Fähigkeit, das Außergewöhnliche in das Gewöhnliche einzuflechten, sprach Leser tief an, und sein Werk wird weiterhin gefeiert, wie die animierte Verfilmung von "The Cricket in Times Square" aus dem Jahr 1973 zeigt.
Chester Cricket and His Friends Books (with Garth Williams)
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The Cricket in Times Square
1960
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Tucker's Countryside
1969
3
Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
1974
4
Chester Cricket's Pigeon Ride
1981
5
Chester Cricket's New Home
1983
6
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse
1986
7
The Old Meadow
1987
Children's Books (with Peter Lippman)
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The Dog That Could Swim Under Water
1956
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The Garden Under the Sea
1957
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I see what I see!
1962
4
The Mice, the Monks and the Christmas Tree
1963
5
Sparrow Socks
1965
6
Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange
1966
7
The Dunkard
1968
8
The Genie of Sutton Place
1972
Sachbücher
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Heinrich Schliemann: Discoverer of Buried Treasure
1964
2
Sir Arthur Evans: Discoverer of Knossos,
1964
My Readers Books
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Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse: Tucker's Beetle Band (With: Garth Williams, Thea Feldman, Aleksey Ivanov)
2011
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Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse: Harry to the Rescue! (With: Garth Williams, Thea Feldman, Aleksey Ivanov, Olga Ivanov)
2011
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Harry Cat and Tucker Mouse: Starring Harry (With: Garth Williams, Thea Feldman)
2011
Avon Camelot Books
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Lottie & Lisa (By: Erich Kastner)
1952
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Summerdog Comes Home (By: George Albert Zabriskie)
1980
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A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher (By: Mike Thaler)
1981
4
Baseball Fever (By: Ray Cruz, Johanna Hurwitz)
1981
5
The Trouble with Tuck (By: Theodore Taylor)
1981
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Irma and Jerry
1982
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Basic Fun (By: Susan Drake Lipscomb, Margaret Ann Zusnich)
1982
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Esp McGee (By: Edward Packard)
1983
9
Tunnel to Yesterday (By: Jerome Beatty Jr.)
1983
10
Bet You Can! Science Possibilities to Fool You (By: Vicki Cobb)
1983
11
Rich Mitch (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)
1983
12
Summerdog (By: Thom Roberts)
1983
13
Bet You Can't! (By: Kathy Darling, Vicki Cobb)
1983
14
The Earth is Flat--And Other Great Mistakes (By: Laurence Pringle)
1983
15
Behind the Attic Wall (By: Sylvia Cassedy)
1983
16
Peggy Fleming: Portrait of an Iceskater (By: Bruce Curtis, Stephanie Young)
1984
17
Gremlins (By: George Gipe)
1984
18
Maura's Angel (By: Lynne Reid Banks)
1984
19
The Jellyfish Season (By: Mary Downing Hahn)
1985
20
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Book 1 (By: Andrew Glass, Catherine Edwards Sadler)
1985
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Get Rich Mitch! (By: Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)
1985
22
Mystery of the Melted Diamonds (By: Carol Farley)
1986
23
Ukrainian Egg Mystery (By: George E. Stanley)
1986
24
Moroccan Mystery (By: Thomas McKean)
1986
25
Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol (By: Steve Senn)
1986
26
Flash Fry, Private Eye (By: Tim Schoch)
1986
27
The Anti-Peggy Plot (By: Thomas McKean)
1986
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Best Joke Book for Kids 2 (By: Joan Eckstein)
1987
29
The Codebreaker Kids (By: George E. Stanley)
1987
30
Summer Camp Creeps (By: Tim Schoch)
1987
31
The Case of the Lost Look-Alike (By: Carol Farley)
1988
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Breezy (By: Leda Blumberg)
1988
33
Racing the Sun (By: Paul Pitts)
1988
34
Anne Frank (By: Johanna Hurwitz)
1989
35
The Case of the Vanishing Villain (By: Carol Farley)
1990
36
Something Upstairs (By: C.S. Adler)
1990
37
Ghost Brother (By: C.S. Adler)
1990
38
A Haunting in Williamsburg (By: Lou Kassem)
1990
39
The Best Ever Kids' Book of Lists (By: Eugenie Allen)
1991
40
Ask Me Anything About the Presidents (By: Louis Phillips)
1992
41
The Adventures of King Midas (By: Lynne Reid Banks)
1992
42
Tons of Trash (By: Joan Rattner Heilman)
1992
43
Maria, a Christmas Story (By: Theodore Taylor)
1992
44
How to Travel Through Time (By: James M. Deem)
1993
45
Lucie Babbidge's House (By: Sylvia Cassedy)
1993
46
Beardance (By: Will Hobbs)
1993
47
Christmas Countdown (By: Steve Englehart)
1993
48
Miss Yonkers Goes Bonkers (By: Mike Thaler)
1994
49
The Mummy's Curse (By: Daniel Cohen)
1994
50
Lemonade Days (By: Susan Kirby)
1994
51
Super Snoop Sam Snout and the Case of the Missing Marble (By: Anne C. Lemieux)
1994
52
Main Street (By: Susan Kirby)
1994
53
Comet Luck (By: Madge Harrah)
1994
54
Home Front Hero (By: Susan Kirby)
1994
55
Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found (By: Johanna Hurwitz)
1995
56
Kwanzaa (By: Mildred Pitts Walter)
1995
57
Goodbye, Desert Rose (By: Susan Kirby)
1995
58
Vampire Mom (By: Don Whittington)
1995
59
My Own Two Feet (By: Beverly Cleary)
1995
60
Spookhouse (By: Don Whittington)
1995
61
Harry the Poisonous Centipede (By: Lynne Reid Banks)
1996
62
Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller (By: Septima Green)
1996
63
Four Perfect Pebbles (By: Lila Perl, Marion Blumenthal Lazan)
1996
64
Zombie Queen (By: Don Whittington)
1996
65
Freak Show (By: Don Whittington)
1996
66
Going to Net (By: Various Various)
1996
67
Tracks in the Snow (By: Lucy Jane Bledsoe)
1997
68
Danger Along the Ohio (By: Patricia Willis)
1997
69
Lasting Echoes (By: Joseph Bruchac)
1997
70
Night of the Chupacabras (By: Marie G. Lee)
1998
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As Ever, Gordy (By: Mary Downing Hahn)
1998
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No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (By: Anita Lobel)
1998
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Becoming Felix (By: Nancy Hope Wilson)
1998
74
Breakaway (By: Kimberley Griffiths Little)
1998
75
Mischief, Mad Mary, and Me (By: Dawn Knight)
1998
76
It's In Your Hands, Daisy P. Duckwitz (By: Jacqueline Shannon)
1998
77
Leaving Summer (By: Donal Harding)
1998
78
Flea Circus Summer (By: Cheryl Ware)
1998
79
Calling Me Home (By: Patricia Hermes)
1998
80
The Pizza That Time Forgot (By: William DeAndrea, Matthew Deandrea)
1999
81
Love Me, Love My Broccoli (By: Julie Anne Peters)
1999
82
Get on the Net (By: Robert Pondiscio)
1999
83
Don't Try This at Home! (By: Vicki Cobb)
1999
84
Bruce Coville's Shapeshifters (By: Bruce Coville)
1999
85
A Kids' Guide to America's Bill of Rights (By: Kathleen Krull)
1999
86
Bruce Coville's Alien Visitors (By: Bruce Coville)