My Taxi Ride - Hardcover

Jacobs, Paul Dubois; Swender, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1423600738 ISBN 13: 9781423600732

Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Ho taxi! Yo taxi!
Where to Miss? Where to Mister?
Where to brother? Where to sister?
All around New York town!"
Take a wild ride in a yellow taxi that's "buzzin' down the street like a bumblebee," visiting famous New York sites along the way, including Broadway, the Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, and Central Park. This book is perfect for people everywhere who love New York City, and a fun multicultural jaunt into the Big Apple for kids everywhere.

About this title

From the Back Cover

From the writing and illustrating team who brought you
My Subway Ride comes My Taxi Ride, a new tale
that is sure to become a favorite. Take a ride through
New York City with the rhythm and beat of Paul DuBois Jacobs
and Jennifer Swender's writing and the hip, colorful illustrations of Selina Alko. So get on in and scoot on over. Put your seat belt on. It's time to motor!

From the Inside Flap

My Taxi Ride
Written by Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender
Illustrated by Selina Alko
Hail taxi! Hey taxi!
Ho taxi! Yo taxi!
Where to Miss? Where to Mister?
Where to brother? Where to sister?
All around New York town!
Hail a taxi and dash off on a colorful ride through the sights and sounds of New York City! Stop on Broadway to see a play, climb the Empire State Building, or visit the zoo in Central Park "where bikers bike and doggies bark." The rhythm of this book will whisk you through the narrow streets of Greenwich Village to the wide expanses of Museum Mile. Ride right through the heart of the city. Filled with the colorful, hip illustrations of Selina Alko, My Subway Ride is must-have for children everywhere and for anyone who loves New York City or wants to visit there.
Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender are a husband-and-wife writing team who live in Brooklyn, New York. Paul has co-authored three books with musician Pete Seeger: Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book, Abiyoyo Returns, and Some Friends to Feed: The Story of Stone Soup. Jennifer is an early childhood educator and curriculum developer. Paul and Jennifer's favorite subway line is the Q train.
Selina Alko, a children's book and editorial illustrator, studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She has illustrated many educational books including Show and Tell Rose (McGraw-Hill) and Jump Rope (Bebop Books). She has also illustrated a weekly portrait column in Showbiz Magazine (Las Vegas) since 2000. Selina currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband Sean Qualls. Her only mode of transportation is the subway.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1423600738
• ISBN 13: 9781423600732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Alko Selina
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32