City

by Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illustrator), Ingela P Arrhenius (Illustrator)

Overview

From the designer behind Animals comes another eye-catching oversize offering: thirty-two vivid images honoring the sights and staples of our cities.

After turning heads and delighting readers with her giant book of animals, Swedish children’s designer Ingela P. Arrhenius turns her talents to the many attractions that make cities so special. Iconic urban images are featured on every page — from subways to skyscrapers, museums to cafes, fountains to sidewalk newsstands. Each bold, graphic image is set apart by a different typeface, transforming a whimsical celebration of cities into an artfully designed title for every bookshelf.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536202571
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	09/18/2018
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	284,843
Product dimensions:	13.20(w) x 17.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Ingela P. Arrhenius is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer who has always loved to draw. She is the illustrator of The World’s Best Noses, Ears, and Eyes by Helen Rundgren and the author-illustrator of Animals, Where’s the Owl?, Where’s the Giraffe?, Where’s the Ladybug?, and Where’s the Hen? Ingela P. Arrhenius lives and works in Sweden.

Editorial Reviews

Retro, stylish, and elegant in design, with plenty of detail to engage young kids, this big, bright tome will be a great tool for use in a preschool classroom or library reading circle...Ideal for young listeners and beginning readers who are making their first word associations.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2018-07-16
Another oversized picture book by Swedish artist Arrhenius (Main Street Magic, 2017; Animals, 2016) introduces very young children to the sights and colors of the city.Flat, Lego-like figures of varying skin tones populate the European-inflected city scenes, which include a movie theater, bookstore, port, airport, art museum, construction site, bakery, zoo, pool, park, hospital, and school. Some figures reappear in different illustrations, prompting a seek-and-find game or even a rudimentary narrative. The only word on each page is the title of each scene or activity, which is engagingly integrated with the illustration, designed in a type to match the place or activity to which it refers. "MOVIE THEATER" appears on the marquee; each letter of "soccer" appears on a different ball being kicked around; "dogs" is composed of the leashes that connect the pets and their owners; the word "museum" becomes a tumbled sculpture of letters. Retro, stylish, and elegant in design, with plenty of detail to engage young kids, this big, bright tome will be a great tool for use in a preschool classroom or library reading circle. Two spreads at the end of the book, in the form of one-sided poster pages, provide a picture dictionary of the words illustrated in the book, labeled in clear caps.Ideal for young listeners and beginning readers who are making their first word associations. (Picture book. 2-5)

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