Radiant Child; The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
by Javaka Steptoe
Age: 5+
Interests: artists, art, biography, New York, city life
Radiant Child
07 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+, Uncategorized Tags: art, artists, biography, city life, New York
Harriet the Spy
28 Jun 2017 3 Comments
in Books, books 10+, Classics Tags: adolescence, bad behavior, bullying, city life, friendship, New York, school, writers
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
Age: 10+
Interests: middle school, writing, adolescence, friendship, bullying, city life, New York, bad behaviour
It’s Like This, Cat
13 Jun 2017 1 Comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: adolescence, cats, city life, New York, pets
It’s Like This, Cat
by Emily Cheney Neville
Age: 8+
Interests: adolescence, cats, city life, New York
Rear Window (1954)
16 May 2017 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 11+, Old Movies, Uncategorized Tags: city life, crime, fashion, mystery, New York, violence
Rear Window
colour, thriller/mystery
released: 1954
rated: PG – “for Some Mild Sensuality and Thematic Elements”
length: 1 hr, 52 min
age: 11 +
interests: mystery, crime, murder, suspense More
Last Stop on Market Street
12 Apr 2017 1 Comment
in Books, books 3+ Tags: buses, city life, diversity, grandparents, gratitude, helping others, poverty, tolerance
Last Stop on Market Street
words by Matt de la Peña
illustrations by Christian Robinson
Ages: 3+
Interests: grandparents, city life, buses, tolerance, helping others, poverty, gratitude
Maniac Magee
20 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, movies 9+ Tags: city life, homelessness, misfits, orphans, racial tension, running away from home, sports, violence
Maniac Magee
by Jerry Spinelli
Age: 9+
Interests: family, city life, orphans, misfits, homelessness, racial tension
Also by this author: Wringer, Milkweed, Stargirl, Loser, Eggs
Other books about racism in America: One Crazy Summer, The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963, Smoky Night, Amos Fortune, Free man More
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
01 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+ Tags: careers, China, city life, coming of age, history, morality, religion
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Age: 11+
Interests: China, history, city life, hardship, careers, coming of age More
Roller Skates
30 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: American history, Christmas, cities, city life, history, New York, strong girls, theatre
Roller Skates
by Ruth Sawyer
Age: 8+
Interests: strong girls, history, New York City, city life More
Way Home
14 Jun 2012 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: cats, city life, homelessness, night
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1994
Libby Hathorn, text
Gregory Rogers, illustrations
Andersen Press, 1994
30 pp.
Age: 8+
Interests: poverty, city life, homelessness
The Red Book
14 Mar 2012 3 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: city life, mystery, travel, wordless books
by Barbara Lehman
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
32 pp.
Age: 4 +
Interests: wordless books, mystery, travel, books
Also by this author: Museum Trip, Rainstorm, Trainstop, The Secret Box
To Read Next: Flotsam, other puzzling books
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