Night in the City (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780823452064)

An ingenious account of the jobs people do all through the night, when kids are fast asleep.

In Night in the City, author and illustrator Julie Downing cleverly uses multiple panels to follow eight people throughout the course of their busy evening, from waking up just as most people are contemplating bedtime, through the following morning.

The jobs depicted are nurse, baker, taxi driver, fire fighter, on location film tech, janitor, museum security guard, and emergency dispatcher.

Together, their stories bring the beating heart of a city to life, making for a book sure to have kids pouring over meticulously designed pages, following the exploits of our lead characters over the course of a single ordinary evening.

A Chicago Public Library 'Best of the Best' Book
A Horn Book Fanfare Book
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author: Julie Downing
ISBN-10: 0823452069
ISBN-13: 9780823452064
Publisher: Neal Porter Books
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2023
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.25h x 9.40w x 0.35d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 01/23/2023
Booklist 02/15/2023 pg. 57
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2023
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2023 pg. 46
School Library Journal 10/06/2023 pg. 1
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style