It's My City!: A Singing Map - Hardcover

Sayre, April Pulley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688169155 ISBN 13: 9780688169152

Publisher: Greenwillow, 2001

Synopsis

As a brother and sister head for the market for birthday party supplies, they sing a song describing the city sights, sounds, and smells they pass along the way.

About this title

About the Author:

April Pulley Sayre is the author of numerous books for children, including If You Should Hear a Honey Guide, which was named "the outstanding natural history book of 1995" by Smithsonian Magazine. April Pulley Sayre lives with her husband in South Bend, Indiana.

From Publishers Weekly:

As this bright and bouncy book progresses through a city neighborhood, readers discover that the pigtailed heroine is in charge of keeping her older brother out of the house while their parents prepare his surprise birthday party. Sayre (If You Should Hear a Honey Guide) characterizes the landmarks by their distinctive sounds: there's the Laundromat, where the wash goes "shake, slosh, shake, slosh"; the food stands, where "hot dogs sputter" and "stir-fry sizzles"; and a metal grate that goes "clink-clank, clink-clank" under the heroine's feet. As the girl leads her brother through Roche's (Brave Georgie Goat) bright na‹f landscapes chanting "It's my city!" readers can trace the duo's progress and the accumulation of sound effects on a city map that runs along the bottom of the spreads. Unfortunately, the linear map doesn't serve much of a purpose as the girl moves from place to place. And Sayre's text could use a shot of cosmopolitan adrenaline it's missing the kind of infectious beat that evokes the sensory feast of urban life. However, the straightforward cheeriness and energy of the artwork mirror the young heroine's high-spirited self-assurance in her bustling surroundings. Ages 5-up.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0688169155
• ISBN 13: 9780688169152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Roche Denis