
Night in the City
by Julie Downing
Title:
Night in the City
Author:
Julie Downing
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
40 pages
Publisher:
Holiday House Inc
ISBN-13:
9780823452064
EAN:
9780823452064
Publication Date:
28/03/2023
Classifications:
Picture Activities and Early Learning
Weight (g):
534
Dimensions (mm):
237 x 286 x 10
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
An ingenious account of the jobs people do all through the night, when kids are fast asleep.In Night in the City, author and illustrator Julie Downing cleverly uses multiple panels to follow eight people throughout the course of their busy evening, from waking up just as most people are contemplating bedtime, through the following morning. The jobs depicted are nurse, baker, taxi driver, fire fighter, on location film tech, janitor, museum security guard, and emergency dispatcher. Together, their stories bring the beating heart of a city to life, making for a book sure to have kids pouring over meticulously designed pages, following the exploits of our lead characters over the course of a single ordinary evening.A Pennsylvania Center for the Book Bakers Dozen SelectionA Bank Street Best Children''s Book of the YearA Chicago Public Library ''Best of the Best'' BookA Horn Book Fanfare BookA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection











