New York City

Take a tour through New York City from A to Z, a bird's eye view of the Brooklyn Bridge, prehistoric animals at the American Museum of Natural History, ice skating at Rockefeller Center, bright lights at Times Square, and more fascinating sights to see. Delightfully illustrated and lots of great info, perfect for your visit to New York. (Picture book)

Step into New York, 1894. Charlotte's delightful fictional diary and scrapbook is filled with hand-written entries, real postcards from the time, paintings by American artists, and exquisite little watercolors. (Picture book)

“Everything about it is grand! huge! monumental!” Grand Central Terminal, how does it work, who does what, who’s taking the trains. Wacky illustrations (lady in the blue pancake hat) and hilarious characters, this is a gem! (Picture book)

Follow the Smithfork kids on a treasure hunt through New York; seven poems contain puzzles and clues to seven sights around the city. Find the map hidden behind the walls of the Smithfork apartment, and solve the mystery – what happened to the Post family fortune? (Chapter book)

Madcap adventures of Eloise, that fun-loving city child who lives at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Eloise slomps her skates down the hall, orders room service for her turtle Skipperdee, lunches in the Palm Court and crashes all the elegant balls in the hotel. (Picture book)

A boy watches something new going up, the tallest skyscraper in the world – derrick men hoist huge beams in place, rivets are pounded into steel, workers eat their lunch high in the sky, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, working together to build this famous landmark. (Picture book)

In the 1930’s, Penn Station was a majestic building in steel and glass, with sunlit waiting rooms, fine dining, and expert service for train passengers. You won’t see old Penn Station today, it was torn down to make way for Madison Square Garden. Beautifully illustrated. (Picture book)

Before you visit the Statue of Liberty, find out about this famous monument, the highest man-made structure in the world when it was completed – who designed the statue, how was it constructed and transported to the United States from France. Gorgeous two-page fold-out of the statue, and other fun facts. (Picture book)

Polish immigrants Krysia Petrowski and her family land at Ellis Island on Christmas Eve. Inside in the Great Hall is an evergreen tree, music and dancing, and a Christmas surprise. Beautiful illustrations capture the adventure and hope of Ellis Island. (Picture book)

Fly with Rosalba and her Abuela (grandma) way above Manhattan, over the parks and streets, stopping to drink limonada in her uncle’s store, then soaring higher than the tallest buildings. Magical collage illustrations. (Picture book)

Gorgeous paintings and poems of Chinatown – lighting the lanterns for the Moon Festival, a colorful kite shop, fresh fruits and live fish for sale on the street, dancing lions on New Year’s Day. (Picture book)

Grandpa and Grandma have stories of their arrival in New York from Russia. Grandpa tells of golden wagons leaping across the ocean, a castle on Hester Street, buttons carved from diamonds and emeralds, while Grandma describes cramped ships, a one-room apartment, working long days to sell tiny buttons. Warm-hearted illustrations, this is a classic. (Picture book)

Claudia and her brother Jamie go to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sleeping in a Renaissance bed and taking baths in the fountain. The kids are hot on the trail of a mysterious statue – is it really by Michelangelo? A wonderful museum adventure (but you won't see Angel at the Met). (Chapter book)

A summer trip to New York for Lexi and her brother Kevin gets very exciting when they overhear thieves planning a jewel heist. Mystery and adventure, as the kids follow leads through the big city, even to a secret train platform underneath Grand Central. (Chapter book)

Sights, sounds and rocking rhythm of a subway ride in pictures and rhymes. “Rock left, rock right, we hang on tight.” Bright, colorful illustrations will delight little ones. (Picture book)

Irresistible misadventures of Lisa, sightseeing with her uncle in New York city. They see it all, the Brooklyn Bridge, Flatiron Building, Central Park ... but when Lisa is lost, she takes a stand with a Statue of Liberty night-light. Terrific illustrations. (Picture book)

“My name is Maxi, I ride in a taxi, around New York City all day.” Maxi is a lovable dog who loves his job, entertaining passengers in the taxi. Exuberant illustrations, perfect for younger kids. (Picture book)

Best-loved tale of Chester, a cricket from the country who accidentally ends up in New York. Befriended by savvy Tucker Mouse and warm-hearted Harry Cat, Chester's singing makes him a celebrity in the subway station. (Chapter book)

Start with New York City and go back in time – on this spot, 400 years ago it was a great forest, 15,000 years ago wooly mammoths roamed the rocky hills, 20,000 years ago it was covered in ice, 190 million years ago dinosaurs munched on plants, 370 million years ago, New York was under a tropical ocean. (Picture book)

50 colorful cards with super maps on one side and information on the other for museums, parks, places to eat, and walks around New York City. Let the kids pick what to see today. (Guide)

Not a guidebook, this is filled with fascinating stuff and stories about New York – hotel in the shape of an elephant, Ground Zero, sea lions and bats in Central Park, fashion favorites, secrets of Grand Central Station, the corkscrew museum, sky gardens and "street dogs." Lots of fun! (Illustrated chapter book).