This is a wonderful and endearing story about a cricket that finds himself in a busy city of New York and no longer in the quiet meadow that he spent most of his life in. He finds new friends and gets himself into some mischief. He becomes a star and finds himself missing his home. Even though this is a story about talking animals, it is very believable an intriguing. The characters in this story have real life problems to overcome and are easily relatable. The reader finds friendship and generosity throughout this story. I would love to use this story in a classroom. When teaching about friendship and loyalty, students will be able to learn how important it is to help one another when problems arise through reading this book. It is a wonderful story for students to see how different others are and yet how close of a friendship they can have. I will admit I got teary eyed at the end.