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A Child's Book Tour of New York City

Description: A collection of PICTURE BOOKS set in New York City.

Rank Title Author Added

1

by Faith Ringgold

2,757 members

137 reviews

4.1

3 Members: casaloma, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Peppe the Lamplighter

by Elisa Bartone

1,261 members

56 reviews

4.1

3 Members: casaloma, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade

by Melissa Sweet

1,206 members

222 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: casaloma, deldevries, cej1027

4

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

5,684 members

356 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

5

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak

2,849 members

117 reviews

3.9

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

6

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

by Bernard Waber

2,489 members

53 reviews

3.9

2 Members: casaloma, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Kay Thompson

1,770 members

42 reviews

4.1

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

8

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge

by Hildegarde H. Swift

1,323 members

12 reviews

4.2

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

9

The House on East 88th Street

by Bernard Waber

978 members

8 reviews

4

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

10

Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey

by Maira Kalman

588 members

23 reviews

4.2

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

11

The Adventures of Taxi Dog

by Debra Barracca

585 members

12 reviews

3.9

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

12

This is New York

by Miroslav Šašek

489 members

1 review

4.1

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

13

417 members

34 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

14

by Jonathan Bean

185 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

15

Dodsworth in New York

184 members

2 reviews

4

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

16

We're Back!: A Dinosaur's Story

by Hudson Talbott

155 members

3.8

2 Members: casaloma, ManWithAnAgenda

17

How Little Lori Visited Times Square

83 members

3 reviews

3.8

2 Members: casaloma, cej1027

18

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers

by Mordicai Gerstein

2,397 members

267 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

19

by Arthur Yorinks

1,421 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: casaloma

20

The Curious Garden

1,255 members

87 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

21

The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

by Karina Yan Glaser

1,125 members

37 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

22

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins

by Barbara Kerley

1,015 members

49 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

23

by Walter Dean Myers

704 members

27 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

24

Jenny and the Cat Club

by Esther Averill

568 members

19 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: casaloma

25

The Philharmonic Gets Dressed

by Karla Kuskin

525 members

15 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

26

426 members

24 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

27

Here Comes the Garbage Barge!

by Jonah Winter

293 members

54 reviews

3.8

Member: casaloma

28

How Pizza Came to Queens

by Dayal Kaur Khalsa

230 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: casaloma

29

by Matt Tavares

225 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

30

City by Numbers

by Stephen T. Johnson

221 members

13 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

31

Milly and the Macy's Parade

213 members

14 reviews

4.2

Member: casaloma

32

The Purple Coat (Reading Rainbow Books)

200 members

6 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: casaloma

33

Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing

by April Jones Prince

170 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

34

by Esther Averill

166 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: casaloma

35

by Christoph Niemann

134 members

5 reviews

4

Member: casaloma

36

A Walk in New York

by Salvatore Rubbino

107 members

5 reviews

4

Member: tarpfarmer

37

Feivel's Flying Horses

by Heidi Smith Hyde

102 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: casaloma

38

Old Penn Station

100 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: casaloma

39

Rifka Takes a Bow

by Betty Rosenberg Perlov

100 members

4

Member: casaloma

40

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Worker on the Statue of Liberty!: A Monument You’d Rather Not Build

100 members

½ 3.7

Member: casaloma

41

by Julia Sarcone-Roach

96 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

42

Lisa in New York (The Misadventures of Gaspard and Lisa)

92 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: casaloma

43

ABC NYC: A Book About Seeing New York City

by Joanne Dugan

90 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: casaloma

44

The Tale of Pale Male

by Jeanette Winter

86 members

7 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

45

The Other Side of Town

86 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: casaloma

46

The True Story of Stellina

by Matteo Pericoli

81 members

7 reviews

4.2

Member: casaloma

47

When Blue Met Egg

by Lindsay Ward

72 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: casaloma

48

70 members

4 reviews

3.2

Member: casaloma

49

Me and Momma and Big John

by Mara Rockliff

67 members

8 reviews

3.9

Member: casaloma

50

by Christine Loomis

44 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: casaloma

51

The Lonely Phone Booth

by Peter Ackerman

34 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: casaloma

52

B Is for Brooklyn

33 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: casaloma

53

When You Meet a Bear on Broadway

33 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: casaloma

54

by Claire Frossard

20 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: casaloma

55

Wow! New York City: Imagine a City Built with a Paper Clip

10 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: casaloma

56

Christmas In New York City!: Adventures of Bella & Harry

by Lisa Manzione

3 members

1 review

4

Member: casaloma

About This List

Started: casaloma
July 2013
Type: Unnumbered

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