Tag Archives: city setting

The Digger and The Flower

Posted on August 22, 2019 by AnEducationInBooks

Digger, Crane, and Dozer are busy building up the monochrome city with tall skyscrapers and bridges and wide roads. When Digger finds a lone flower, he protects it, until it’s the very last space available and then it, too, gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Love that art, Picture books | Tagged city setting, construction, planting | 2 Comments

The Bear and the Piano

Posted on February 18, 2017 by AnEducationInBooks

The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield has so much to like about it, I’m going to ramble. In the beginning, the bear sees a piano in the forest. He fiddles with it and over time, his skill at playing piano grows … Continue reading →

Posted in Love that art, Picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged city setting, forest, music, picture book | Leave a comment

Symphony City

Posted on November 24, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

In Symphony City, a young girl gets lost in the subway and street music shows her the path back home. Spare text coupled with Amy Martin‘s bold lines and contrasting colour scheme make this picture book a visual treat. Also, find the … Continue reading →

Posted in Love that art, Michigan author/illustrator, Picture books | Tagged cats, city setting, fabulous illustrations, music, picture book | Leave a comment

Tap Tap Boom Boom

Posted on August 23, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

Filled with rhythmic, onomatopoeic words, Tap Tap Boom Boom shows a community of people seeking shelter from a storm in the subway. There is something about a shared experience that creates kindness, and in the end, a rainbow. Written by Elizabeth Bluemle … Continue reading →

Posted in Picture books | Tagged books for the very young, city setting, rhyme | 2 Comments

Jane, The Fox & Me

Posted on August 21, 2014 by AnEducationInBooks

Jane, The Fox & Me, a beautiful graphic novel looks much like a picture book, both with its size and its style of illustrations. Hélène, a middle schooler in Montreal, Quebec, is suddenly outcast by her friends, and she believes the graffiti … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian author/illustrator, Graphic novels, Tween book | Tagged city setting, fabulous illustrations, French Canadian, graphic novel, Jane Eyre, must-read kids' books, school story | Leave a comment

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild

Posted on September 23, 2013 by AnEducationInBooks

Mr. Tiger is all prim and proper, until he doesn’t want to be. Leaving civilized behaviour behind, Mr. Tiger embraces his natural self for a while. But he misses some of the things back home in the city. He returns … Continue reading →

Posted in Love that art, Love that prose, Picture books | Tagged animals, anthropomorphic, children's books, city setting, humourous, picture book, wilderness | 1 Comment

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Posted on September 3, 2013 by AnEducationInBooks

A bright yellow train travels from the city to the country, from mother to grandmother and the child on it travels through black and white scenes of the world, real and imagined. She tells us how her mother and grandmother … Continue reading →

Posted in Love that art, Picture books | Tagged books, children's books, city setting, country setting, imagination, picture book, trains | 3 Comments

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade

Posted on January 9, 2013 by AnEducationInBooks

Although Balloons Over Broadway crescendos at Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, the true story is Tony Sarg‘s consistent innovation and enjoyment in his occupation. He did not think of puppetry as work; in fact he said he never worked a day in his life. … Continue reading →