Heather Alexander’s “Solely in New York,” with (hey!) a shout out to Watertown on the quilt.
Sep 01, 2023 —
At my college after I was rising up, there have been totally different lessons of nerds. You had your math nerds, and your science nerds, after which there have been the e-book worms. In fact, as a result of I’m previous, there weren’t any pc nerds but.
Anyway, if there was one class I fell into in these days, I’d have been referred to as a geography nerd, or perhaps a map geek. I liked any probability to study new locations. I as soon as acquired in hassle for operating throughout a fuel station car parking zone to ask my dad if he might get me a street map of wherever we have been, again within the days fuel stations gave out street maps. In elementary college one yr, the little milk cartons we acquired at lunch had information about every of the states. I lower them out and saved them in a quixotic effort to gather all 50. I by no means did get Arkansas.
I’ve nonetheless by no means been to Paris, however I’ve a definite picture of the place from an image e-book in my childhood library referred to as This Is Paris. Maps and atlases and movie books have been the way in which my world felt bigger than the suburb the place I used to be rising up.
So I’d have liked Heather Alexander’s new e-book for youths. It’s referred to as Solely In New York: Bizarre and Fantastic Details Concerning the Empire State, and it’s a type of image books that’s chock stuffed with enjoyable illustrations about all corners of our state and information the 8-year previous me would have repeated on the breakfast desk. The truth is, the 54-year previous me sort of loves the e-book, anyway.
Yow will discover out extra about Heather by visiting her web site. And you may let me know what you consider the e-book after you decide up your individual copy by emailing [email protected]. Do not forget to observe North Phrases so that you by no means miss an episode.
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