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Subway Story
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780375858598
- Book Title
- Subway Story
- Publisher
- Random House Children's Books
- Item Length
- 10.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Transportation / Railroads & Trains, Nature & The Natural World / Environment, General, Lifestyles / City & Town Life, People & Places / United States / General
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Item Width
- 8.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 40 Pages
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Never was there a subway car who loved her job more than Jessie. From morning to night she carried all sorts of people all sorts of places--to work and school and World's Fairs, over bridges and through tunnels--sometimes she even took a pigeon along for the ride But as time passed, sleek new silver cars began to take over the tracks, banishing Jessie to an abandoned lot. What will she do with no passengers to carry? And where will she go now that she's no longer welcome on the tracks? Based on the true story of 1960's-era subway cars that are now being used to create artificial reefs in the Atlantic, this stunningly illustrated second book from Julia Sarcone-Roach is sure to delight scuba diving historians and kids alike.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
ISBN-10
0375858598
ISBN-13
9780375858598
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99666290
Product Key Features
Book Title
Subway Story
Number of Pages
40 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Transportation / Railroads & Trains, Nature & The Natural World / Environment, General, Lifestyles / City & Town Life, People & Places / United States / General
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
10.4 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Ages 2-3, under 2 Years
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Starred Review,The Horn Book Magazine, November/December 2011: Sarcone-Roach displays a discipline not always seen in books about the environment; she allows her theme of reuse and recycling to emerge naturally from a fine story and lets readers draw their own conclusions without adding a heavy-handed one of her own. Here youngsters meet Jessie, a subway car that begins service during the 1964 New York World's Fair and contentedly operates for approximately fifty years before she is dismantled. Jessie and other cars like her are hauled out to sea and, in a small scary moment (which is quickly resolved), dumped into the ocean. There she happily resides as an artificial reef that's home to myriad sea animals. Illustrations, unexpectedly cozy-looking, emphasize the story's tone. Structurally and artistically, the book recalls Virginia Lee Burton's The Little House (rev. 11/42) ("Over the years, Jessie saw the city change, and she had some changes of her own"): Jessie's half-century of traveling the city is depicted through a series of curved routes much like the streets and roads that close in on the Little House with the passage of time. Front end pages trace Jessie's original underground route; final ones show a peaceful, blue ocean where she now rests. An author's note describing the science behind similar projects and a bibliography conclude the book. betty carter, Starred Review, The Horn Book Magazine, November/December 2011: Sarcone-Roach displays a discipline not always seen in books about the environment; she allows her theme of reuse and recycling to emerge naturally from a fine story and lets readers draw their own conclusions without adding a heavy-handed one of her own. Here youngsters meet Jessie, a subway car that begins service during the 1964 New York World's Fair and contentedly operates for approximately fifty years before she is dismantled. Jessie and other cars like her are hauled out to sea and, in a small scary moment (which is quickly resolved), dumped into the ocean. There she happily resides as an artificial reef that's home to myriad sea animals. Illustrations, unexpectedly cozy-looking, emphasize the story's tone. Structurally and artistically, the book recalls Virginia Lee Burton's The Little House (rev. 11/42) ("Over the years, Jessie saw the city change, and she had some changes of her own"): Jessie's half-century of traveling the city is depicted through a series of curved routes much like the streets and roads that close in on the Little House with the passage of time. Front end pages trace Jessie's original underground route; final ones show a peaceful, blue ocean where she now rests. An author's note describing the science behind similar projects and a bibliography conclude the book. betty carter
Lccn
2010-045487
Grade from
Kindergarten
Age Range
5-8
Target Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Decimal
E
Grade to
Third Grade
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.S242sub 2011
Copyright Date
2011
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