City & Town Life

  • The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue

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    Harlem’s favorite family returns in the third installment in the Vanderbeerkers series! In To the Rescue, the Vanderbeeker kids find themselves racing to save their mother’s baking business from city

    • Series: Vanderbeekers #3
    • Author: Glaser, Karina Yan
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: September 17, 2019
    • ISBN10: 1328577570
    • Language: English
  • Seedfolks

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    ALA Best Book for Young Adults ∙ School Library Journal Best Book ∙ Publishers Weekly Best Book ∙ IRA/CBC Children’s Choice NCTE Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts

    A

    • Author: Fleischman, Paul
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 80
    • Publish Date: April 11, 1997
    • ISBN10: 0060274719
    • Language: English
  • The Neighborhood Mother Goose

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    Every day, children the world over sing, shout, and celebrate Mother Goose rhymes. And now there’s a new reason to cheer: Nina Crews has added her own remarkable, jazzy style of illustration to a coll

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    • Author: Crews, Nina
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 64
    • Publish Date: December 23 2003
    • ISBN10: 0060515732
    • Language: English
  • Stanley’s Store

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    It’s another busy day for Stanley and friends at the grocery store!

    Stanley has fresh fruits and veggies to be unloaded, Myrtle needs help at the cheese counter, Shamus and Little Woo’s groceries must

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    • Series: Stanley Picture Books
    • Author: Bee, William
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: April 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 1682636135
    • Language: English
  • Rain!

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    One rainy day in the city, an eager little boy exclaims, “Rain ” Across town a grumpy man grumbles, “Rain.” In this endearing picture book, a rainy-day cityscape comes to life in vibrant, cut-paper-st

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    • Author: Ashman, Linda
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: March 05 2013
    • ISBN10: 054773395X
    • Language: English
  • My Little Golden Book about Washington, DC

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    Explore Washington D.C. with a fun guidebook written specifically for the youngest tourists and residents.

    Get ready to explore Washington D.C. with Benjamin the Bald Eagle as your guide! This Little

    • Series: Little Golden Book
    • Author: Volin, Rich
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 24
    • Publish Date: May 11, 2021
    • ISBN10: 0593301153
    • Language: English
  • The Blue House

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    In the tradition of Virginia Lee Burton’s The Little House comes a heartfelt story about a father and son learning to accept the new while honoring and celebrating the old.

    For as long as he can remem

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    • Author: Wahl, Phoebe
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: August 11 2020
    • ISBN10: 198489336X
    • Language: English
  • Santa in the City

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    A little girl’s belief in Santa is restored in this ode to the magic of Christmas. This is a holiday gift readers will treasure for years to come!

    It’s two weeks before Christmas, and Deja is worried

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    • Author: Jackson, Tiffany D.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: November 02 2021
    • ISBN10: 0593110250
    • Language: English
  • Stanley’s School

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    It’s another busy day for Stanley and friends at the schoolhouse!

    Ding, ding, ding! It’s time for school with teachers Stanley and Hattie. Stanley takes attendance and reads a story to students Little

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    • Series: Stanley Picture Books
    • Author: Bee, William
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: April 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 168263602X
    • Language: English
  • The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found

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    New York Times bestseller Karina Yan Glaser brings everyone’s favorite Harlem family back in this poignant fourth novel in the “delightful and heartwarming” (New York Times Book Review) Vanderbeekers

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    • Series: Vanderbeekers #4
    • Author: Glaser, Karina Yan
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: September 15 2020
    • ISBN10: 358256194
    • Language: English
  • Most Delicious Soup and Other Stories

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    “A comparison can be made to Richard Scarry’s famous Busytown books; there’s always something going on in each corner of the picture.” —School Library Journal

    Welcome to the Village of Villa Verde w

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    • Author: Ruiz Johnson, Mariana
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 36
    • Publish Date: February 6, 2024
    • ISBN10: 1922610615
    • Language: English
  • My Two Border Towns

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    A picture book debut by an award-winning author about a boy’s life on the U.S.-Mexico border, visiting his favorite places on The Other Side with his father, spending time with family and friends, and[more below]

    • Author: Bowles, David
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: September 14, 2021
    • ISBN10: 0593111044
    • Language: English
  • I Can Write the World

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    “Lovely and timely. So glad Joshunda is telling our stories.” – Jacqueline Woodson

    Eight-year-old Ava Murray wants to know why there’s a difference between the warm, friendly Bronx neighborhood filled

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    • Series: Ava Murray Writes the World #1
    • Author: Sanders, Joshunda
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: July 08 2019
    • ISBN10: 1644420015
    • Language: English
  • If I Grow Up

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    In a gripping novel with a plot pulled from the headlines, Todd Strasser turns his attention to gang life in the inner-city projects. DeShawn is a teenager growing up in the projects. Most of his frie… [more below]

    • Author: Strasser, Todd
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: February 23 2010
    • ISBN10: 1416994432
    • Language: English
  • The Pirates Next Door: Starring the Jolley-Rogers

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    The Jolley-Rogers have traded in the high seas for suburban life.

    Meet the Jolley-Rogers — a pirate family who is moving to Dull-on-Sea, a quiet seaside town, while they fix up their ship. This unusu

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    • Author: Duddle, Jonny
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 44
    • Publish Date: February 28 2012
    • ISBN10: 763658421
    • Language: English
  • Ride, Roll, Run: Time for Fun!

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    Ride, Roll, Run: Time for Fun! is a joyful, rhyming picture book that is an ode to community and outdoor play.

    Pedal, pump.
    Speed bump!
    Ride, roll, run.
    Friends and fun!

    This energetic picture book

    • Series: A Fun in the City Book
    • Author: Bolling, Valerie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: October 04, 2022
    • ISBN10: 141975629X
    • Language: English
  • Where I Live: Poems about My Home, My Street, and My Town

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    What is home? Revel in the ineffable sense of belonging in anthologist Paul B. Janeczko’s diverse selection of poems with sure appeal for children.

    Home is shoes tucked under the bed while you sleep,

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    • Author: Janeczko, Paul B.
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 48
    • Publish Date: March 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1536200948
    • Language: English
  • Sylvie

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    One small spider takes a big risk to bring together the people she watches over in her apartment building in this charming picture book from the celebrated author and illustrator of Truman.

    Sylvie han

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    • Author: Reidy, Jean
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: May 10 2022
    • ISBN10: 1534463488
    • Language: English
  • The Gardener: (Caldecott Honor Book)

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    The Gardener is a 1997 New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of the Year and a 1998 Caldecott Honor Book.

    From the author-and-illustrator team of the bestselling The Library.

    Lydia Grace F

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    • Author: Stewart, Sarah
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: May 01 2007
    • ISBN10: 031236749X
    • Language: English
  • The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden

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    Return to Harlem’s “wildly entertaining” family in this funny, heartwarming sequel. When catastrophe strikes their beloved upstairs neighbors, the Vanderbeeker children set out to build the best, most

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    • Series: Vanderbeekers #2
    • Author: Glaser, Karina Yan
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: September 25 2018
    • ISBN10: 1328770028
    • Language: English
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