I bought this for Lucy the other day. Like many people I have this unrelenting obsession with New York (haven't made it there yet though, boo hoo), and when I saw this book I just had to get it....ahem, for Lucy, of course.
Lucy had actually been wielding a Scoop book (about a little yellow digger) but, and is this terrible, I managed to convince her with my persuasive charm that A Walk in New York was the book to get. It even had postcards tucked inside an envelope in the back to post (which was ultimately the deal maker).
It's about a Dad and his son talking a walk through New York, and is full of cleverly detailed illustrations of New York's sights including the Empire State building, Grand Central Station, Union Park, typical streets lined with apartments, Greenwich Village and lots of bright yellow cabs. It even has lots of fun facts for slightly older kids. The fact that got me was that the New York library receives 10,000 new books every week - heaven!
This book certainly makes storytime fun for me. The Mo Willems series are fun too (such as 'Don't let the Pigeon drive the Bus'). This also looks interesting. Do you have any great childrens books to share? As cute as it is, there's only so many times one can read The Lost Kitten. I mean, does it ever learn?
We have this exact book and love it - I bought it for Alistair in New York last year, and we read it often to help him remember our holiday. The illustrations are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteAnother Mo Willems one that we're enjoying right now is "Knuffle Bunny" - it's set in New York too, and has great photos with drawings over the top.
We're preparing for a trip to Paris at the moment so I borrowed "Mr Chicken Goes To Paris" from the library... it is bizarre and hilarious.
A Walk in New York looks wonderful. We are a little book obsessed in our home..Here's just a few that we are enjoying....Vivi Finds Bean:Vanessa Holle, Smile:Leigh Hodgkinson, Pearl Barley + Charlie Parsley:Aaron Blabey, This is Paris: M. Sasek (the 'This is' series were created in the 60's + are brilliant. We also read Eric Carle, Miffy series + good old Charlie + Lola! Asher likes me to read her at LEAST 4 books a night so I need a good mix to keep me entertained as well!!
ReplyDeleteThe whole "This is Paris," "This is San Francisco," etc. are some of our favorites -- http://www.miroslavsasek.com/books/index.html.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a Mo Willems fan, I also really like this series that features famous art, though it will be more for your little one than for your older girl. http://web.mac.com/touchtheart/iWeb/Site%20/Welcome.html
Excellent, thanks for the suggestions! Children's book these days are pretty amazing. Though I still love collecting the old Little Golden Books too.
ReplyDeleteAs a kid I had the same unrelenting obession with New York. I finally visited as an adult with my husband. Wich was the best. My daughters favorite right now Sleepy Time Tales. If you love anything to do with New York, like me. I love to watch Barefoot In The Park. It's a circa 1960's movie and it stars Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. It's a very cute movie. Cute book. I have to get this for my girls.
ReplyDeleteWe love this one and all the Mo Willems books! Pigeon series, the pig and elephant series, and Knuffle Bunny! Other authors that my four yr old daughter and I *both* agree on: Allan Ahlberg, Kevin Henkes, Russell Hoban (Frances!), John Burningham...
ReplyDeleteoh, the illustrations are LOVELY! the big apple is so wonderful.
ReplyDeletemy favorite childhood book is eloise!! i also love the american girl series :)
Me too! Our Golden Book collection is getting a bit out of control... I seem to come home with a few every time I visit an op shop.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson, and illustrated by the wonderful Axel Sheffler. In fact ALL of their books are fabulous! And we have them all!
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed reading your blog for a while, so thought it high time to give something back! My daughters are similar ages to yours and my eldest especially is book obsessed. Her current faves are anything by Oliver Jeffers (his latest 'The Heart and the Bottle' is fabulous), 'Dogs' by Emily Gravett, 'A House is a House For Me' and 'All Kinds of Families' by Mary Ann Hoberman, 'There Are Cats in This Book' by Viviane Schwarz. Most books by Lydia Monks - especially 'Aaaaarrggh Spider!'. 'Down the Back of the Chair', 'Summery Saturday Morning' and 'Lion in the Meadow' are our eternal Margaret Mahy favourites. For those special they're-so-tired-they-just-need-to-look-and-not-read moments we have 'Imagine' by Norman Messenger and 'Around the World with Mouk' by Marc Boutavant. Both are crazy gorgeous. Hope you guys have some fun with these...
ReplyDeletethis book looks awesome!! i love Good Night Gorilla :)
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