NMLP P-010246 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Cricket in Times Square

George Selden (illus. Garth Williams) · Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy · 1960

US Ariel Books / Farrar, Straus and Cudahy 1960 is the true first; a 1961 Newbery Honor book. The 'and Cudahy' imprint is the principal dating point.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-010246 for "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden (illus. Garth Williams) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-010246, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).