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1) City shapes
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A young girl walks through the bustling city, while a pigeon flies above, both spotting hidden shapes at every turn"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An ingenious account of the jobs people do all through the night, when kids are fast asleep. In Night in the City, author and illustrator Julie Downing cleverly uses multiple panels to follow eight people throughout the course of their busy evening, from waking up just as most people are contemplating bedtime, through the following morning. The jobs depicted are nurse, baker, taxi driver, fire fighter, on location film tech, janitor, museum security...
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In the tiny northern town of St. Polonius, everyone over the age of twelve falls asleep after the traditional tasting of the Sacred Bear Liver at the Founders' Day Festival, leaving the children in charge, including Jean who tries to solve the mystery.
11) Belle
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008], c2007
Language
English
Description
Emmy, who is nervous about moving to the big city from the country because she loves riding horses, meets Belle, an American Quarter Horse, at a park stable near her new home, which helps her to feel better.
12) Kicks in the sky
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2023.
Language
English
Description
Colorful, psychedelic sneakers hang from telephones wires all over the city. Up in the sky, they hang for all to marvel at. But when a few special pairs get knocked down, the kids have to try them on. Soon they're racing, dancing, leaning to fly! These enchanted sneaks are out of this world--but where did they come from? And who would ever leave these behind?
Author
Series
Legends of Lotus Island volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"During the New Year's break, Plum and her friends travel to fancy, fashionable Nakhon Island to stay with Sam and his mother, the powerful Lady Ubon. The New Year always brings food, parties, and the grand old tradition of making a wish. At first, Plum is dazzled by the big city. But under the glittering surface, many secrets lurk. Mysterious tremors that shake the ground are growing worse by the day. Nakhon's troubles give Plum a chance to fulfill...
16) Nana in the city
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
19) City baby
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A poetic board book that reminds baby of all the joys of living in a bustling big city."--
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