Subway (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061577796)

Speed. Color. Sound. Numbers. Maps. Connections. Navigation. Subway systems may be specific to certain cities around the world, but the pure thrill of a subway ride is universal to all young children.

Christoph Niemann's graphically elegant and playful picture book is a tour de force for preschoolers and a stellar addition to the canon of books about trains, trucks, planes, and automobiles.

Based on the author's own underground adventures with his young boys--chronicled for adult readers in Niemann's New York Times blog, Abstract City--this innovative picture book is an invitation down underground, where a system of trains and tracks delivers millions of riders to their destinations each day.

"Underneath the city is this beautifully simple system of letters, numbers, and colors. The trains and stations are huge and impressive but also comforting, because nothing ever changes. My boys are in charge; they can read the signs, navigate the grid, and they always know what happens next."--Christoph Niemann

Author: Christoph Niemann
ISBN-10: 0061577790
ISBN-13: 9780061577796
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2010
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 11.34h x 7.56w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 137914 / Subway


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2010 pg. 53
Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2010
Publishers Weekly 05/24/2010 pg. 50
School Library Journal 06/01/2010 pg. 81
New York Times Book Review 11/07/2010 pg. 20
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 pg. 309 - Recommended, Satisfactory