The cricket in Times Square

this book is about a boy named mario and he helps his father run a newspaper stand in Times square New York and meets a cricket named chester who found his way from his home town in Connecticut chester meats mario and they become good friends. They also know a cat named Harry and a mouse named tucker hey all were realy good friends.Mario finds out that chester makes this marvelous music that sounds like a violin with his legs well this music attracts all kinds of people well pretty soon he becomes famous and makes a lot of money for mario and his family since mario was poor it helped them a lot but then after all of that fun and excitement chester leaves to go back home.