For a young child, a subway journey is an eye-opening city-life experience. A story-poem from award-winning creators James Gladstone and Pierre Pratt.
The journey begins with the roar of the subway from the street above, as the child and their mom descend to the dilapidated platform below. The child feels a rush of air as the train pulls in, people stepping on board just in time! Sights and sounds include the dark tunnel and screeching wheels, then the train suddenly breaks out into bright daylight high above the city. All the while, the child takes in the passengers around them - people on their way to work, kids going to school, and "the sleeper," whom no one else seems to see. At Union Station, the child accompanies their mom from restaurant to restaurant as she looks for work, before they journey home.
Author James Gladstone's lyrical story-poem and Pierre Pratt's illustrations, rich in detail and humor, make this companion book to My Winter City (illustrated by Gary Clement) at once delightful and thought-provoking.
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Correlates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
For a young child, a subway journey is an eye-opening city-life experience. A story-poem from award-winning creators James Gladstone and Pierre Pratt.
• CELEBRATED CREATORS: Author James Gladstone is a two-time winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction, for When Planet Earth Was New (2018) and Turtle Pond (2019), among many other honors. Illustrator Pierre Pratt is one of Canada's most acclaimed children's book illustrators. A three-time recipient of the Governor General's Award for Illustration, his work has received international praise.
• DREAM TEAM: With text featuring James Gladstone's lyrical yet distilled language and exuberantly colorful illustrations by Pierre Pratt, young readers will find new details to pore over each time they return to My Subway Runs.
• EVERYONE RIDES THE SUBWAY: Pierre Pratt's lively illustrations display the wide socioeconomic diversity of people that ride the subway every day, touching on social issues like people experiencing homelessness and unemployment.
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