Storied City: A Children's Book Walking-Tour Guide To New York City Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
In this handy-size book, renowned critic and historian (and New Yorker) Leonard S. Marcus has created and narrated twenty walking tours of New York City based on children's literature. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and book art, the tours can be followed from start to finish or abbreviated to suit a reader's, or a family's, particular interests. Together they feature over one hundred places and spaces by which New York has lit the imaginations of writers and artists as varied as E. B. White, Maurice Sendak, Judy Blume, Faith Ringgold, Madeleine L'Engle, and many more. Along the way, Marcus deftly discusses more than two hundred of the best books about New York City ever written for young people.
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1 edition (May 12, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0525469249
ISBN-13: 978-0525469247
Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 0.4 x 8.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Level: 7 and up
Leonard Marcus hit upon a great idea and developed it perfectly. As a teacher, it is difficult to teach history or literature to the young and make the readings come to life. "Storied City: A Children's Book Guide to New York City", besides being a charming idea, is also a handy tool for parents and teachers. With this extremely convenient guide, you can walk the kids through the neighborhoods they've read about and enliven their reading experience. And, most importantly, Marcus writes in a way that doesn't talk down to children, and that's a tremendous asset.
We recently returned from a visit to Manhattan, having used this guide (along with several others); we found it enjoyable and useful. There are eleven tours: Lower Manhattan, Greenwich Village/East Village/SoHo, Flatiron District/Gramercy Park/Chelsea, Midtown Manhattan, Central Park/Upper East Side, Central Park/Upper West Side, Harlem/Northern Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island; each tour includes a map of the tour, an introduction, readable text concerning authors, book settings and the history of New York City, small pictures and line drawings, and lists of additional authors connected to each area. There is no information about amenities along the way (restaurants, bathrooms, playgrounds). We found a wealth of information and many literary references -- it would be smart to read this ahead of time so you can select and read some of the referenced books before your trip.
With clarity and affection born of familiarity and delight, Marcus covers over 200 places and spaces in New York that have made an appearance in books for children and teenagers. He tells you how to get there and what you will see when you do. It is a lovely size, easy to carry and to hold, and it will take you on a virtual journey even if you and your children can't do a real one.
My daughter and I only received this book a day before our trip to New York City, what we did is look through the book after each day of exploring the city and go over what we saw and then went out and bought books that sounded interesting to her about those places. Great resource it's a shame it's out of print.
We used this book on our family trip to New York - Mom, Dad, and children ages 15, 13, 10, and 6. It was very easy to use and was a great companion as we toured the city on foot. Before we went, we read some of the books mentioned in "Storied City." Highly recommended if you are a family of book lovers.
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