I spent last week in New York City attending Book Expo America as well as seeing the sites. As I was walking around the city I got to thinking; I wonder how many childrens books are written in New York City or about New York City? Here's the list I came up with. I'm sure I left some off but here are some of our favorites.
- This is New York by Miroslav Sasek
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- You Can't take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacequeline Preiss Weitzman
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- Nex Stop Grand Central by Maira Kalman
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- Twenty-0ne Elephants and Still Standing by April Jones Prince
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- Old Penn Station by William Low
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- The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge: Restored Edition by Hildegarde Hoyt Smith
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- I Lego N.Y. by Christoph Niemann
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- From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basile E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
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- The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
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- When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Host
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- Madlenka by Peter Sis
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- Eloise: The Ultimate Edition by Kay Thompson
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- Knuffle Bunny: A cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
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- The Man Who Walked between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
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- New Yorks Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne
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- Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman
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- Harbor by Donald Crews
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- The House on East 88th St. by Bernard Waber
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- Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber
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- Stuart Little by E.B. White
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- The Night Tourist, a myster for kids 9-12, by Katherine Marsh
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- All of A-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
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- Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan
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These are just some of our favorite NYC reads. Does your family have any special New York City books that you love reading? Please share your ideas in the comment section.
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