Journey Around New York from A to Z

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1889833320 ISBN13: 9781889833323 Release Date: May 2002 Publisher: Commonwealth Editions Length: 32 Pages Weight: 1.20 lbs. Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.2" x 11.4" Age Range: 6 to 9 years Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4 A fact-filled, alphabetical journey through the five boroughs of the city. A pigeon serves as a tour guide of sorts, appearing on every page in either the small inset illustration or in one of the smaller spot-art drawings located along the bottom of the pages. The format works well to introduce famous landmarks and neighborhoods with descriptive alliterative sentences, such as Dragons dance by dim sum diners as an introduction to Chinatown and Gorgeous gardens grace glass-houses for commentary on the New York Botanical Garden. Succinct paragraphs of historical information are located under each full-page, highly detailed colored-pencil-and-watercolor illustration. In a much smaller type size, a one-sentence, somet