He went on to study at Yale University where he received his B. For three summer sessions, he attended Columbia University. Following his graduation, he received a Fulbright scholarship to study in Rome for a year. Selden lived in Greenwich Village, New York until his death at age 60, and remained unmarried. Selden wrote numerous books about the characters in The Cricket in Times Square, though this first book was his most famous, receiving both a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and a Newbury Honor.
Published in , The Cricket in Times Square is a children's book that tells the story of a cricket from Connecticut who accidentally comes to New York City after getting stuck on a commuter train. Selden explained the inspiration for that book as follows: "One night I was coming home on the subway, and I did hear a cricket chirp in the Times Square subway station. The story formed in my mind within minutes. An author is very thankful for minutes like those, although they happen all too infrequently.
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