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
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
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
05 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: art, museum, mystery, New York, running away from home, siblings
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
Age: 10+
Interests: museums, art, running away from home, New York City, mysteries
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
07 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: American history, boats, cities, history, immigration, New York, orphans, romance, sewing, strong girls, travel
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
Amy Hest, text
P. J. Lynch, illustrations
Age: 6+
Interests: history, ship, travel, immigration, American history, New York City, sewing, romance
Snow White in New York
07 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: art, crime, fairy tale updated, fashion, jazz, New York
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1986
Fiona French
Oxford University Press, 1986
32 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: updated fairy tales, New York, 1920s flapper era, art styles, fashion
Next: Ella’s Big Chance (a Cinderella update also set in the 1920s)
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
08 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: biography, circus, cities, New York, theatre
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2004
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Mordicai Gerstein
Roaring Brook Press, 2003
34 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: history, biography, street performers, New York, circus
Next: another book about tightrope walking – Mirette on the High Wire; another true story of daring – The Glorious Flight
Hey, Al
29 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: adventure, birds, city life, dogs, Magic, New York, travel, vacation
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1987
Arthur Yorinks, text
Richard Egielski, illustrations
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986
28 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: birds, dogs, city life, travel, adventure, vacation, New York, magic, apartments
Other Titles by this author and illustrator: Homework, What a Trip!
Rarest Kind of Best 