Keeping the City Going
While the pandemic has kept everyone inside, a few people remain on the streets of New York City. They keep the city going—delivering food on bikes and in trucks, driving buses and subways trains and taxis and garbage trucks. They are postal workers, firefighters, police, nurses, doctors, and EMTs. They are the people who keep the water and gas and electricity and internet going. And every night at 7:00, people emerge from their homes to clap and cheer and remind one another that they’re all in this together. Detailed watercolor illustrations of city life, with a heavy emphasis on vehicles, are a noteworthy aspect of this marvelous tribute to essential workers. ©2022 Cooperative Children’s Book Center
Illustrated by Brian Floca
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
City Life
Community
Love and Romance
Pandemic
Service Workers
Vehicles and Transportation
Work and Labor
Diversity subject:
Multicultural General
Publishers:
Atheneum, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, Simon & Schuster
Publish Year: 2021
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781534493773
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Floca