Children & Young Adults Fiction - Lifestyles - City & Town Life

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I Stink!

Kate McMullan

He's the coolest truck with the baddest attitude and the sharpest nose for the smelliest trash. His job? Eating your garbage and loving every stinky second of it! The award winning ode to the garbage truck is now the perfect board bo...

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Published: Apr 2005

The Bane Chronicles

Cassandra Clare

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know warlock Magnus Bane like never before in this collection of New York Times bestselling tales, on CD for the first time with an exclusive new story.This collection...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2014

LEGO City: Fix That Truck!

Inc Scholastic

Spend a day at the garage fixing trucks in this funny LEGO(R) City storybook!Eric is spending the day working at his dad's LEGO(R) City garage. He's excited to help fix all the trucks and motorcycles, but there seems to be trouble aro...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2012

One Monday Morning

Uri Shulevitz

One Monday morning the king, the queen, and the little prince came to visit me. But i wasn't home . . . '

Paperback
Published: Aug 2003

Busybody Nora (Riverside Kids)

Johanna Hurwitz

What is your name?'That's what Nora asks her neighbors as she rides up and down the elevator of her apartment house. She doesn't mean to be a busybody. She just wants to be like doorman Henry and know all the people in her building--a...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2001

3 Adventures on Deckawoo Drive: 3 Boo...

Kate DiCamillo

The first three tales of Kate DiCamillo's hilarious and heartfelt Deckawoo Drive series are collected in a convenient, affordable bind-up.Dive into a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo's New York Times be...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2019

Escape of Marvin the Ape (Picture Puf...

Caralyn Buehner

A hilarious picture book about the most engaging runaway in zoo history. Seizing an opportunity, Marvin, a friendly ape, decides to explore the world outside his cage and finds it delightful. As in Mark Buehner's first two books, The ...

Paperback
Published: Mar 1999

Biscuit Visits the Big City (My First...

Alyssa Satin Capucilli

The city is a big and busy place for a little puppy—there are tall buildings, honking cars, and all kinds of new friends to make!

Paperback
Published: Feb 2007

Louie's Search

Ezra Jack Keats

When Louie goes looking for a father, he meets Barney. Barney accuses Louie of stealing a music box from his truck, but Louie says he didn't do it. It's up to Louie's mother to settle the conflict and reveal that meeting Barney may be...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2001

Max Found Two Sticks (Reading Rainbow...

Brian Pinkney

One day when Max doesn't feel too much like talking to anybody, he finds two sticks that make a perfect pair of drumsticks. Soon he is beating out a rhythm on anything he can find, from his thigh to a bucket to a large garbage can. Su...

Paperback
Published: Jun 1997

Gossip Girl, the Carlyles #1

Cecily Von Ziegesar

Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen were the reigning princesses of the Upper East Side. Until now. In Gossip Girl, The Carlyles the inimitable Gossip Girl introduces the most fabulous sixteen year-old triplets to ever inha...

Paperback
Published: May 2008

Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolutio...

Avi

Lives hang in the balance in this gripping Revolutionary War adventure from a beloved Newbery Medalist.In 1776, young Sophia Calderwood witnesses the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, which is newly occupied by the British ar...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2013

Stanley the Builder (Stanley Picture ...

William Bee

It's another busy day for Stanley and friends on the construction site! When Myrtle buys a plot of land, she asks her friend Stanley to build her a new house. He works step by step—from clearing the site with his orange bulld...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2023

Tap Tap Boom Boom

Elizabeth Bluemle

When a thunderstorm hits a city street, children and grown-ups dash to the subway for shelter — and an impromptu friendly gathering. The clouds are gathering above a city street and soon — tap, tap, boom, boom! As a thunderstorm r...

Paperback
Published: Apr 2017

A Bike Like Sergio's

Maribeth Boelts

Finders keepers, right? When Ruben picks up someone's lost money, he finds out how hard it can be to do the right thing.Ruben feels like he is the only kid without a bike. His friend Sergio reminds him that his birthday is coming, but...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2018

Maisy Goes to the City

Lucy Cousins

It's another first for Maisy! The intrepid mouse is off to the big city with Charley. A perfect story for young children going on an urban adventure.Broom, vroom, beep! Maisy and Charley are in the city visiting their friend Dotty, an...

Paperback
Published: May 2014

The Promise

Nicola Davies

An allegorical tale of hope takes on new life in this stirring, gorgeously illustrated story.On a mean street in a mean, broken city, a young girl tries to snatch an old woman's bag. But the frail old woman, holding on with the streng...

Paperback
Published: Mar 2017

Windows

Julia Denos

Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this lovely ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home. Before your city goes to sleep, you might head out for a walk, your dog ...

Paperback
Published: Feb 2021

Drum City

Thea Guidone

A summer parade, a drummer parade, a magical bucket-and-bowl serenade!  What begins with one boy's beat on a kettle soon spreads to pots and pans and cartons and cans all across the neighborhood. When everyone joins in, together they...

Paperback
Published: Sep 2015

These Boots Are Made for Stalking [Wi...

Lisi Harrison

The twelfth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series about Westchester County's most exclusive private middle school girls.

Paperback
Published: Mar 2010

Read Between the Lines

Jo Knowles

Does anyone ever see us for who we really are? Jo Knowles’s revelatory novel of interlocking stories peers behind the scrim as it follows nine teens and one teacher through a seemingly ordinary day.Thanks to a bully in gym class, un...

Paperback
Published: Oct 2016

Ollie & Moon: Aloha!: A Comic Reader

Diane Kredensor

Step into Reading comic readers feature dialogue in word balloons. Graphic, paneled layouts introduce emergent readers to the joy of comics. Set in Hawaii, this Step 3 Ollie & Moon story has an easy-to-follow plot about trying new thi...

Paperback
Published: Jun 2013

Mrs. Noodlekugel

Daniel Manus Pinkwater

With signature wit and whimsy, the inimitable Daniel Pinkwater introduces an eccentric, endearing babysitter every child will wish they could have.Nick and Maxine live in a tall building with one apartment on top of another. So when t...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2013

Rooftoppers

Katherine Rundell

"The beauty of sky, music, and the belief in 'extraordinary things' triumph in this whimsical and magical tale" (Publishers Weekly) about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris.Everyone th...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2014

Brownie & Pearl See the Sights

Cynthia Rylant

Brownie & Pearl know just how to enjoy a day downtown in this charming Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read story.It's a snowy day, and Brownie and her cat Pearl are off to see the sights in town. They stop by the shoe store and try on hats at t...

Paperback
Published: Aug 2013

Mishi and Mashi go to Portugal: Mishi...

Lisa Sacchi

Are you planning a trip to Portugal with your child? Do you want your kid to know more about different cultures? This beautifully illustrated book series opens the world to young children (ages 3-8) to new cultures and experiences i...

Paperback
Published: May 2023

Build This City! (LEGO City)

Scholastic

Build your LEGO library with these city adventures!Put on your hardhats and get to work at the construction site. Nothing is too big for these heavy-duty trucks to load and lift! Read along and the building will be up in no time!

Paperback
Published: Aug 2010

LEGO City: Fire in the Forest!

Inc. Scholastic

Reading is always fun in LEGO City!When a forest fire breaks out in LEGO City it's up to the LEGO City fireman to put out the flames!

Paperback
Published: Jan 2012

Madlenka

Peter Sis

A trip around a city block is like a trip around the world!Peeking out through a die-cut window on the jacket, Madlenka invites the reader to enter her world. And what a world it is! On the surface, it looks like an ordinary city bloc...

Paperback
Published: Oct 2010

Save the Bees (Save the Earth)

Bethany Stahl

Journey with a bee & two inquisitive children to discover the importance of pollinators!From exciting and adventurous to educational and captivating, Save the Bees tells the story of three friends working together to make Clover's pol...

Paperback
Published: Jan 2020
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