Home Sweet Neighborhood: Transforming Cities One Block at a Time: 15 (Orca Footprints) - Hardcover

Mulder, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1459816919 ISBN 13: 9781459816916

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

Picture a busy avenue. Now plant trees along the boulevard, paint a mural by the empty lot, and add a community garden. Set up benches along the sidewalks and make space for kids' chalk drawings, and you've set the scene for a thriving community. Placemaking--personalizing public and semi-private spaces like front yards--is a growing trend in cities and suburbs around the world, drawing people out of their homes and into conversation with one another.

Kids are natural placemakers, building tree forts, drawing on sidewalks and setting up lemonade stands, but people of all ages can enjoy creative placemaking activities. From Dutch families who drag couches and tables onto sidewalks for outdoor suppers to Canadians who build little lending libraries to share books with neighbors, people can do things that make life more fun and strengthen neighborhoods. Home Sweet Neighborhood combines upbeat text, fun facts and colorful photos to intrigue and inspire readers.

About this title

Review:

&quotAn upbeat view of innovations in modern living."-- (10/23/2018)

Home Sweet Neighborhood makes me so happy! Michelle Mulder's delightful book is proof that, by working and playing together, all of us have the power to create better communities.--Charles Montgomery, Author of Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design (10/03/2018)

&quotLively idea. An intriguing book on a good topic."-- (11/30/2018)

About the Author:

Michelle Mulder is the founding author of and has written six other titles in the Footprints series—Pedal It!, Brilliant!, Every Last Drop, Trash Talk, Pocket Change and Going Wild. Michelle has also written the novels The Vegetable Museum, Not a Chance, Out of the Box, After Peaches and several other books for young people. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. For more information, visit michellemulder.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1459816919
• ISBN 13: 9781459816916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48