city life

The narrator recalls the sights and sounds of the street vendors who came to her house when she was a child and the lessons she learned about being fair and honest.

A little Puerto Rican girl tells what she does in various work and play situations throughout one day. Text in English and Spanish.

In a current-day New England town, a Salem-era witches' coven is resurrected and a harrowing history repeats itself.

A child observes the changing sights and sounds of each new season in the city.

Recounts the growing up of three sisters in a city in Australia around the 1940's.

Twenty poems describing different aspects of city life from a child's point of view.

Though he is accustomed to the city streets, Barney's horse becomes frightened of the noisy new overhead trains.

The reader may try to find Bear in the illustrations as he takes part in many aspects of city life, including playing baseball, getting on the subway, and observing the city from a tall building.

Against all odds, Benno and his friends in the ghetto turn an abandoned house into a shelter for the homeless.