Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco

Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco

by Katie Burke
Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco

Urban Playground: What Kids Say About Living in San Francisco

by Katie Burke

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Overview

Rural areas cover 97 percent of the United States—yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the millions of children who populate our nation’s cities?
In Urban Playground, Katie Burke interviews fifty children, ages five to nine, who live in San Francisco. In each conversation, she explores one of ten different themes—family, school, pets, vacation, work, heroes, holidays, favorite foods, talents, and sports—followed by insights on the topic. She rounds out each segment with five questions for adults and kids to discuss after they’ve read it together, encouraging open, honest dialogue about young readers’ thoughts on the subject matter at hand. Future books in the series will expand into other major U.S. cities. Fun, accessible, and interactive, Urban Playground is an important window into the ways children in cities think about and describe the most important aspects of their lives—which is every aspect of their lives!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684630165
Publisher: SparkPress
Publication date: 04/07/2020
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range: 5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Katie Burke is a family law attorney and writer in San Francisco. Prior to entering law school, she earned a master's degree in counseling. She owns Burke Family Law and writes Noe Kids, a monthly column for The Noe Valley Voice, in which she spotlights children ages four to twelve who live in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood, after interviewing them on various themes. She also regularly contributes judicial and attorney profiles to San Francisco Attorney, the Bar Association of San Francisco’s magazine. Burke has been published by HarperCollins, the L.A. Times, The Journal of Law and Social Challenges, Trial Insider, BASF Bulletin (the Bar Association of San Francisco’s newspaper), Legal by the Bay (the Bar Association of San Francisco’s blog), the San Francisco Chronicle, The Examiner, The Fairfield Citizen-News, The SoMa Literary Review, Women's Voices, The Sitting Room, The Compass, Culture-Voice, and The Street Spirit. She has been broadcast for KQED, read at Litquake, and taught writing at City College of San Francisco.

Table of Contents

I Who Is in Your Family?

A Max, Eight Years Old 2

B Larkin, Six Years Old 5

C Lily, Five Years Old 8

D Alex, Five Years Old 11

E Macy, Five Years Old 14

II What are Your Favorite Foods?

A Kimaya, Seven Years Old 20

B Easton, Six Years Old 23

C Tessa, Five Years Old 26

D Becks, Eight Years Old 29

E E.J.P., Eight Years Old 32

III Who Is Your Hero?

A Alex, Eight Years Old 36

B Liam, Five Years Old 39

C Willa, Nine Years Old 42

D Cal, Nine Years Old 45

E Auggie, Nine Years Old 48

IV What Is Your Favorite Holiday?

A Eliza, Six Years Old 52

B Duncan, Five Years Old 55

C Khylee, Seven Years Old 58

D Courage, Seven Years Old 61

E Desi, Nine Years Old 64

V Who Are Your Pets?

A Nicolas, Nine Years Old 70

B Mia, Seven Years Old 73

C Elliott, Seven Years Old 76

D Sara, Nine Years Old 79

E Leah, Nine Years Old 82

VI What Is Your School Like?

A Seneca, Nine Years Old 86

B Brad, Nine Years Old 89

C Clinton, Five Years Old 92

D Olivia, Five Years Old 95

E Artin, Seven Years Old 98

VII What Sports Do You Play?

A Amalia, Nine Years Old 102

B Luca, Nine Years Old 105

C Lilah, Nine Years Old 108

D Priya, Nine Years Old 111

E Temby, Nine Years Old 115

VIII What Are Your Talents?

A Aleksey, Nine Years Old 120

B Anjali, Five Years Old 123

C Thomas, Six Years Old 126

D Eloise, Eight Years Old 129

E Lex, Eight Years Old 132

IX Where Do You Go on Vacation?

A William, Eight Years Old 136

B Ella, Eight Years Old 139

C Zachary, Six Years Old 142

D Silas, Nine Years Old 145

E Ella Grace, Seven Years Old 148

X When You Grow Up, What Do You Want Your Job to Be?

A Jazmin, Eight Years Old 152

B Travis, Nine Years Old 155

C Emmie, Eight Years Old 158

D Graham, Eight Years Old 161

E Elise, Seven Years Old 164

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