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City Streets Are for People
Book 3 in ThinkCities
- Subject
- Transportation - General
- Age
- 6-8 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 40
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books
- Size
- 22.6 cm × 27.9 cm
- ISBN
- 9781773064659
Congested city streets are noisy and thick with cars and trucks, while pedestrians and cyclists are squeezed to the dangerous edges—but does it have to be this way?
Imagine a city where we aren’t stuck in cars, where clean air makes it easier to breathe, and where transit is easy to access—and on time. Imagine a city where streets are for people!
This fun, accessible and ultimately hopeful book explores sustainable transportation around the globe, including electric vehicles, public transit, bicycles, walking and more. It invites us to conjure up a city of the future, where these modes are all used together to create a place that is sustainable, healthy, accessible and safe.
Includes a list of ideas for children to promote green transportation in their communities, along with a glossary and sources for further reading.
The ThinkCities series is inspired by the urgency for new approaches to city life as a result of climate change, population growth and increased density. It highlights the challenges and risks cities face, but also offers hope for building resilience, sustainability and quality of life as young people advocate for themselves and their communities.
Key Text Features
diagrams
facts
further information
further reading
glossary
historical context
illustrations
labels
resources
references
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.7
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.3
Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text based on specific information in the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
About the creators
Andrea CurtisAuthor
ANDREA CURTIS’s children’s nonfiction includes Loop de Loop and the ThinkCities series (A Forest in the City, City of Water, City Streets are for People and City of Neighbors). She has also written the young-adult novel Big Water and other books for young readers. Andrea lives with her family in Toronto, Ontario, where she likes to doodle, cook for friends and spend as much time as possible on her bike.
Emma FitzGeraldIllustrator
EMMA FITZGERALD was born in Lesotho to Irish parents, did most of her growing up in Vancouver, and calls E’se’katik (place of clams), also known as Lunenburg, home. She wrote and illustrated Hand Drawn Halifax, Sketch by Sketch Along Nova Scotia’s South Shore, Hand Drawn Vancouver and most recently Hand Drawn Victoria. Her love of cities came in handy when illustrating City Streets Are for People (Groundwood Books 2022). Emma illustrated the Ann Connor Brimer Award–winning EveryBody’s Different on EveryBody Street and A Pocket of Time, which was shortlisted for the 2020 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award. When she isn’t sketching, she enjoys dancing and getting lost in new places.
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What reviewers said
“City Streets Are for People will fuel actionable efforts towards a greener and more sustainable transportation future.”
“Informative and engaging.”
“[An] informative, fact-filled book.”
“An empowering look at reclaiming urban areas from vehicles for a better quality of life and a greener future.”
“A thoughtful book for young environmentalists.”
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