Theme: City

Maisy Goes To The City

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

It’s another first for Maisy! The intrepid mouse is off to the big city with Charley. A perfect story for young children going on an urban adventure.Broom, vroom, beep! Maisy and Charley are in the city visiting their friend Dotty, and there are many things to get used to – noisy traffic, enormous buildings, and [...]

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A Walk in London

By Book Importer | Published: April 28, 2011

A child’s-eye view of London’s top attractions blends lively artwork with fascinating facts, and features a sweeping gatefold of the city skyline. London is calling! Come along on a mother-daughter day trip as they wend their way past the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, through Trafalgar Square, and on to Covent Garden. Listen [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Beautiful Yetta

By Book Importer | Published: April 4, 2011

Yetta, beautiful Yetta, manages to escape from the butcher’s shop. But now she is lost in Brooklyn–a strange place filled with rude rats and dangerous buses! But then, brave Yetta saves a small green bird from a sneaky cat, and his friends, the wild parrots of Brooklyn, are very grateful.
 

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Anno’s Spain

By Book Importer | Published: January 19, 2011

The imaginative Anno takes us through Spain in his newest journey book, depicting the enchanting cities and eras of this intriguing country.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Anno’s U.S.A.

By Book Importer | Published: January 19, 2011

In wordless panoramas, Anno travels through history in his search for things American.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

The Snow Day

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

A little rabbit enjoys having a day off from kindergarten and spending time with his mother during a snowstorm, but his father’s flight home is cancelled until the snow stops falling.

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Estrellita en la ciudad grande / Estrellita in the Big City (Spanish Edition)

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

“Hola, Abuelita. It\’s me, Estrellita!\” And so begins the phone conversation that Estrellita and her beloved grandmother have longed for since Estrellita moved from her beautiful island home of Puerto Rico to New York City.Estrellita regales her grandmother with stories of the exciting sights and sounds of the big city: her first ride on a [...]

Descriptors: Caribbean, Primary (ages 6-9), Puerto Rico, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Wombat & Fox: Tales of the City

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In the big city, Wombat and Fox have many adventures. They don’t go looking for trouble, but the city is a surprising place and trouble and mishaps have a way of finding them, changing the course of the day for Wombat and Fox, Croc, Bandicoot, the Hippo Sisters and the mischievous Five Monkeys. These are [...]

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Woolvs in the Sitee

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

With no family and little support from his only ally, Miss Radinski, Ben knows that he will have to venture onto the dangerous streets alone to face the woolvs that no one believes exist.  The exact nature of the danger is not identified and so the book is open to many different interpretations.  Uses invented [...]

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