New York City ABC: A Larry Gets Lost Book

by John Skewes

Overview

This companion to the best-selling Larry Gets Lost in New York City follows Larry and his owner, Pete, on an alphabetical journey through the Big Apple.

A playful, colorful alphabet book based on the popular Larry Gets Lost in New York City children's book. Larry, the pup, and his best friend, Pete, discover New York City from A (Art at the Museum of Modern Art) to Z (Bronx Zoo), and everything in between. G is for Grand Central. S is for the Skyline and the Subway. Kids will have fun discovering their city as they learn their ABCs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632171672
Publisher:	Blue Star Press
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Series:	Larry Gets Lost Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,048,406
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

John Skewes is a professional illustrator living in Seattle. As the creator and illustrator of the award-winning Larry Gets Lost® children’s book series, John has followed Larry from the southern tip of Texas to tiny Nome, Alaska, and has been lost several times himself.

Editorial Reviews

2018-04-16
As Larry Gets Lost again per series formula, the dog and his boy, Pete, look for alphabet letters and explore New York City.The sights they take in are sometimes specific and sometimes generic, but they are mostly iconic: "C is for Central Park and the Chrysler building," while "D is for deli." "W is for Wall Street," and "Y is for Yankee Stadium" exemplify New York City, but "I is for ice cream" seems a bit of a stretch. Several entries will require some context for many readers, such as "A is for art" (a lineup of Warhol soup cans at the Museum of Modern Art); "H is for the High Line"; and "V is for the Village" (Greenwich Village, that is). In Skewes' retro-styled illustrations, Pete is a white boy who looks a bit like Elroy Jetson, with hair puffing out from beneath the brim of a baseball cap, and Larry is similarly stylized. The mostly silhouetted background figures that occasionally appear do nothing to convey the city's tremendous cultural diversity. The pages are largely just one- or two-color designs in a sophisticated palette that occasionally works against meaning: The blue-on-blue "N is for neon at night" (in Times Square) is devoid of neon. The square size makes the pages feel cramped. NY Is for New York, by Paul Thurlby (2017), does much the same thing and is far more attractive.Larry could use a better compass. (Picture book. 5-7)

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