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Synopsis
Life for city-dwellers can be intense and challenging, sometimes even alienating. Now that North America's population is strongly urban, most of our children live in the world of the city. But how comfortable do they feel there? This book explores an aspect of city life that most children know least about: how the city functions at night and the role of the largely unknown night worker. "City at Night" features 21 spreads, each dominated by four or five full-color photographs and 150-200 words of descriptive and informative text, with end-papers that feature landmarks from cities all over North America. This book celebrates the life that takes over a city when most of us have gone to bed. The book profiles the ferry pilot in Vancouver, the cop in Manhattan's Times Square, the early morning broadcaster in Toronto, hotel reception staff at Montreal's Bonaventure Hotel, and others. Much of the work that keeps our cities running smoothly is done at night: subway track and road repairs, for example. Other kids of important work are sometimes done during the early hours of the morning, such as the treatment of patients on dialysis. The newsroom, the bakers, the Street Patrol Van volunteers who visit the homeless, the 24-hour grocery store clerks--all help us get through our days more comfortably and safely.
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It's bedtime, but take the kids on an eye-opening adventure.
Life for city-dwellers can be intense and challenging, sometimes even alienating. Now that North America's population is largely urban, most of our children live in the world of the city. But how comfortable do they feel there? This book explores an aspect of city life that most children know least about: how the city functions at night and the role of the largely unknown night worker.
City at Night features 21 spreads, each dominated by four or five full-color photographs and 150-200 words of descriptive and informative text, with endpapers that feature landmarks from cities all over North America. This book celebrates the life that takes over a city when most of us have gone to bed.
The book profiles the ferry pilot in Vancouver, the cop in Manhattan's Times Square, the early morning broadcaster in Toronto, hotel reception staff at Montreal's Bonaventure Hotel, and others. Much of the work that keeps our cities running smoothly is done at night: subway track and r! oad repairs, for example. Other kinds of important work are sometimes done during the early hours of the morning, such as the treatment of patients on dialysis. The newsroom, the bakers, the Street Patrol Van volunteers who visit the homeless, the 24-hour grocery-store clerks - all help us get through our days more comfortably and safely. City at Night invites children to explore the place where they belong and which belongs to them.
Peter Jestadt is a photographer and videographer who likes to go for long walks in the city at night. Like many of the night workers featured in City at Night, Jestadt often works until the small hours of the morning, editing video footage. He lives in Toronto.
About the Author
Peter Jestadt is a photographer and videographer who likes to go for long walks in the city at night. Like many of the night workers featured in "City at Night," Jestadt often works until the small hours of the morning, editing video and footage. He lives in Toronto.
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- PublisherDemco Media
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0606162518
- ISBN 13 9780606162517
- BindingPaperback
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