Monday, January 31, 2005

New York Stories

The New York Public Library, along with other library systems in the New York City area, released a brochure that lists books for children set in the Big Apple. New York City natives are just bursting with pride about their city, and their making certain that they pass on this attitude to their children. I wonder if Manileños celebrate Manila. I never did, even though I was born and bred in the metro. I took the place for granted, and I was never much of an activist, never lifting a finger against the threats of pollution, overcrowding, crime.

(Guilty sigh.)

May this abbreviated list of “I Heart New York” books inspire Manileños to write about Manila (“…hinahanap-hanap kita, Manila...”), though I can already sense publishers hesitating (“But it won’t sell in the provinces!”). Heard from Ani Almario once that Barumbadong Bus was difficult to market in rural public schools.

Anyway, the list:

Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown-ups by Kay Thompson
Black Cat by Christopher Myers
The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barracca
Scooter by Vera B. Williams
Down in the Subway by Miriam Cohen
The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
I Hate English by Ellen Levine
The Old Pirate of Central Park by Robert Priest
Madlenka by Peter Sis
Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift
The House on East 88th Street by Bernard Waber
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg
Stuart Little by EB White
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Brothers of the Knight by Debbie Allen
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Sector 7 by David Wiesner
Abuela by Arthur Dorros

Happy reading!

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