This story was about a young boy and his father who went to visit New York City. The young boys father wanted to show his son all the wonderful things. About the City. Throughout the book the author gives facts about New York City. I really liked that each page had an intesting fact about the city. This book would be great to read to a classroom, as it was interesting enough in presenting the facts about the City which could be learned by the student and further allow them to do an art project like make a building out of cardboard boxes just as big as the Empire state building, or write a postcard describing all the wonderful things there are to do in New York City. ( )

This book is of a boy and his father going around New York. Through this book you travel all around New York with them and learn about all the things that make New York, New York! Also through this book you learn many things about the city, from the subway, the public library, the empire state building, and most important the park!

Teaching Ideas: New York ( )

Reading this picture-book on my morning commute into Manhattan was an absolute hoot! Like the father-son pair who take this walk through New York City, I too start my day in the great metropolis at Grand Central Station, and although I don't always walk, I too make my way downtown.I enjoyed following along on this tour of the Big Apple, seeing familiar sights through the eyes of a visitor, and learning some interesting facts and figures previously unknown to me.

I may pass through Grand Central every day, and see the gorgeous constellation-studded ceiling of the Main Concourse, but I didn't know that it was the largest train station in the world! I was tickled, moreover, that it was Union Square Park - rather than the more usual Central Park - which featured in this tale, as I work a scant two blocks away, and see it daily.

British artist and children's author Salvatore Rubbino has created a real winner with A Walk in New York, one sure to please both native New Yorkers and visitors to the city. Informative, without being overwhelming, it offers an engaging tour of lower Manhattan, admirably set off by Rubbino's fun mixed-media illustrations. ( )

I can see this book being used to talk about visiting new places, to inform and Manhattan, or to simply entertain in the classroom. While the book specifies more what modern New York is like than the New York of mass immigration through Ellis Island, I think it could be used during a study of this period and these events. I imagine Rubbino's main character expresses much the same wonder and amazement foreigners/immigrants do today and did back then. Great conversation starter.

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