Journey Around New York From A To Z( Series - Journey Series )

Third in the best-selling "Journey" series by twin sisters Martha and Heather Zschock, this is a colorful child's-eye view of New York City that excites, educates, and enthralls with dazzling watercolors and fascinating kid-friendly information. This is much more than an alphabet book: each of the twenty-six pages explores a New York theme with a catchy alliterative headline ("Mammals, minerals, and meteorites meet at the museum"), a paragraph of history, and an eye-opening "factoid." There is a page on Broadway ("Audiences applaud actresses and actors"), Wall Street ("Brokers buy and sell billions"), Coney Island ("Cyclone carries courageous kids"), even the events of September 11, 2001, which cheers the way New Yorkers came together in the wake of the tragedy ("Tough times take teamwork").