Spring Stroll in the City

by Cathy Goldberg Fishman, Melanie Hall (Illustrator)

Overview

Spring stroll in the city
What do I see?
One giant shamrock.
Two kites in a tree.

Take a stroll through the city in springtime and experience the sights, sounds, colors, and smells of the multitude of different holidays we celebrate this season. From St. Patrick’s Day and Easter to Nowruz and Cinco de Mayo, everyone has a reason to celebrate. With simple rhymes, a counting pattern, and stunning papercraft art reminiscent of Ezra Jack Keats, this diverse board book is the perfect introduction to the cultural melting pot that makes the city so special.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781641705387
Publisher:	Familius
Publication date:	04/27/2021
Series:	In the City
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	20
File size:	19 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

A graduate of Lesley College and the University of Vermont, Cathy taught in an elementary school, directed a daycare center, and owned a children's bookstore.  In addition to writing, Cathy teaches at Georgia Military College in Augusta, Georgia, and works part-time at the Augusta Jewish Federation.

Editorial Reviews

"City sights and holidays abound in this gorgeous counting board book...Children will delve into the illustrations and search for animals on each spread."
-School Library Journal

"The colorful illustrations are sweet"
-Kirkus Reviews

"Warm, alive, magical, and inviting. Enter this celebration of spring, and the illustrations will transport you to possibility, hope, and joy."
—Rabbi Yael Romer, DD, Congregation Emanuel of the Hudson Valley

"A dazzling resource to begin a multicultural dialogue between young children and their caregivers. Fishman and Hall are a winning team."
—Warren Umansky, PhD, child and adolescent counselor and author

"The delightful A Spring Stroll in the City captures the golden mind of young readers through a celebration of the diversity of humanity while also sharing valuable information."
—Dr. Aman Kay, author, poet, and professor at Georgia Military College

"Hooray for A Spring Stroll in the City, the second in this series of simple, inclusive stories that walk our youngest readers through the seasons in a spirit of joy and discovery."
—Laura McGee Kvasnosky, children's author and illustrator

From the Publisher

07/01/2021

Toddler-PreS—City sights and holidays abound in this gorgeous counting board book. A young child explores the city on each spread, encountering St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Nowruz, and Cinco de Mayo. The holidays are only alluded to though and this title works perfectly as a simple counting book: "A spring stroll in the city. What do I see? 1 giant shamrock." The papercraft illustrations feature the child walking in a group of people wearing green while holding a giant shamrock. Children will delve into the illustrations and search for animals on each spread. A first purchase for most libraries.

School Library Journal

2021-08-31
Young readers follow a child through a city neighborhood counting what they see.

Busy illustrations only vaguely depict city living. Buildings in some backgrounds are multistory, and this brown-skinned child’s neighborhood is diverse: a girl in a hijab, a boy wearing an African kufi, children with different skin tones and hair textures. Unfortunately, this casual diversity borders on stereotyping with “8 straw sombreros hung on a pole” above a child mariachi band while the protagonist dances with another kid. Perhaps it’s Cinco de Mayo? Indeed, many spring holidays are crammed into this walk: “1 giant shamrock,” “matzo stacked 5 boxes high,” and “7 eggs in a bowl” all make their appearances with no clear sense of the passage of time. Readers may wonder how the “6 fluffy bunnies” against a neutral background fit into this city stroll. The colorful illustrations are sweet, but the counting task takes a back seat to the whimsical decorative elements. The “2 kites in a tree” are hidden by the tree’s leaves, and the “3 bunches of tulips” are hard to distinguish from other flowers in the busy scene. This challenge persists with young readers asked to count small items or things they may not readily recognize.

Springtime, yes—but not particularly effective as a counting book nor for showing city life. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews