My Little Cities: New York
My Little Cities: New York
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Chronicle Books
Just the Series: My Little Cities   

Series and Publisher: My Little Cities   

Annotation: Rhyming text describes the sights and scenes of New York, from The Statue of Liberty to Coney Island.
Genre: [Geography]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #5922013
Format: Board Book
Special Formats: Board Book Board Book
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Copyright Date: 2017
Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 04/11/17
Illustrator: Pizzoli, Greg,
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 1-452-15388-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-452-15388-9
Dewey: 917.4704
LCCN: 2016037809
Dimensions: 18 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews

The youngest tourists can take a nibble out of the Big Apple in this first installment of the My Little Cities series. Readers visit such New York City icons as the Empire State Building, the NYC subway, Times Square, Coney Island, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Adams' simple text scans nicely, using two-word lines per double-page spread to set the scene and introduce youngsters to opposites. "Listen quiet / listen loud / sit alone / or in a crowd" is paired with Broadway, Times Square, Central Park, and Yankee Stadium respectively. Pizzoli, in his muted-colored cartoons, charmingly strips each landmark to toddler-friendly essentials; the New York Public Library lions are delightful, and the Times Square crowds are refreshingly manageable. The tableaux are populated with a representative cross-section of humanity in smiling profile—never has New York City looked so friendly. The final two pages review all the sights and share two to three sentences of simple facts about each one. Using much the same format, companion London focuses on that storied city and introduces young armchair travelers to Big Ben, the London Eye, Abbey Road (with a re-enactment of the famous Beatles cover), and a double-decker bus cruising through Piccadilly Circus. Sure to promote toddler wanderlust; here's hoping more excursions are en route. (Board book. 1-3)

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Adams (the Baby Lit series) and Pizzoli (Dragon Was Terrible) offer a zippy tour of the Big Apple in this pitch-perfect board book that paints the city as a town of opposites. -Building high/ Building low/ Moving fast/ Moving slow- takes readers from the Empire State Building to the New York Public Library, from the subway to the Staten Island Ferry as it chugs its way past the Statue of Liberty. Bright colors, speckled textured, and smiley, round-headed citizens (and tourists) create a sense of friendly bustle on every page, and a useful closing spread fills in details about the 10 featured sites. Simultaneously available: My Little Cities: London. Ages 3-5. Agent: Steven Malk, Writers House. (Apr.)

School Library Journal (Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 CDT 2017)

PreSThe sights and sounds of the Big Apple are explored in this clever and fun look at opposites. "Building high (the Empire State Building),/Building low (New York Public Library),/Moving fast (subway),/Moving slow (ferry to the Statue of Liberty)." Times Square, Central Park, Yankee Stadium, Coney Island, and the Brooklyn Bridge are also showcased. The simple text is presented in an array of jazzy fonts, and Pizzoli's graphic style cartoon images are pleasing and loaded with child appeal.

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Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
School Library Journal (Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 CDT 2017)
Reading Level: 1.0
Interest Level: P-K

In this delightful series written by BabyLit author Jennifer Adams and illustrated by kidlit darling Greg Pizzoli, each book showcases a different city with lighthearted baby-appropriate text and ridiculously charming illustrations. Take a whirlwind tour of the Big Apple: cheer with the roaring crowds at Yankee Stadium, chug along peacefully on the Staten Island Ferry, wonder at the bright lights of Times Square, and say good night to the famous New York City skyline.


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