New York City

Welcome to 3-D New York City, raise the top of the Empire State Building, discover Central Park, ride the Staten Island Ferry, look inside Yankee Stadium, open the flap on the subway, plus insider secrets and famous people. Imaginative and fun (turn the book around for more on the back), a super introduction to New York!
(Pop-up book)

Illustrated history of New York City, from the Lenape who lived on the island for thousands of years, to rapid growth of the city, waves of immigrants, engineering feats building the subway, bridges, skyscrapers, includes fascinating maps and details (find out how Canal St., Wall St. got their names, sheep really did graze in Sheep Meadow). Good for older kids. (Picture book)

New York City from A to Z with Pete and his adorable dog Larry - A is for art, B for Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, delis, Empire State Building ...Yankee Stadium, Bronx Zoo. Delightfully illustrated. (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)

Devlin Quick and her two friends are off to track down a thief, who stole a rare map from the New York Public Library. Their detective hunt takes them all over New York – will they escape the dark tunnels of a ghost station underground? (Chapter book)

Central Park, a green oasis in downtown New York, is for everyone.

Read about the creation of the park, transforming swampland into lush woodlands, with ice skating and boating on a lake, playground, croquet lawn, baseball field for children, thirty-four bridges, fountains, pagodas, band shells, even a castle. Fabulous illustrations capture Central Park then and now. (Picture book)

The Statue of Liberty, iconic symbol of freedom, has welcomed millions of visitors and immigrants to the United States. How can she stand still? Look at her immense right foot, taking a big step to meet "the poor, the tired, the struggling to breathe free." (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)

An African American family moves to New York, bringing a rope, a rope for hanging laundry, jumping rope, playing games, tying suitcases, a rope passed down through three generations, an old rope from back home, a rope of hard work and hope, and a new rope in Brooklyn. (Picture book)

On a visit to the Museum of Modern Art, when a boy walks by Rousseau's The Sleeping Gypsy and Picasso's Three Musicians, the lion, gypsy and musicians step out of the paintings. They dance their way out onto the streets of New York, climb the Statue of Liberty, eat hot dogs, sing and play in Central Park, until the museum closes ... (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)

Also, chapter book: Where Is the Empire State Building?

History of the Statue of Liberty, from 1865 to present day – how French sculptor Frederic Bartholdi designed it, built the hand holding the torch separately, shipped the statue to America, and the statue became a symbol of the nation, with photos and drawings. (Illustrated 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. (Board 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)

Take a yellow taxi, view orange leaves on trees in Central Park, visit the green Statue of Liberty, watch the blue lights in Times Square. Fun for toddlers! (Board book)

Nineteen different themed trails through New York – skyscraper flyby, mysteries and legends, underground treasure, best food, exotic animals and dinosaur bones, treasure in trash, great theaters, harbor tour, haunted city and more. (Illustrated chapter book)

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)