The Cabbie Who Stole New York City
A random wish enables a New York cabbie to shrink the entire city and take it home with him.
FIC
year: 1992
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Story Of The Empire State Building
Describes the planning and building of what was once the world's tallest building and examines how it fit into the growth of New York City.
974.7
year: 1987
copies: 7
call number/section: 974.7
lexile: 870
Citybook
Rhyming text and photographs celebrate the sights and people of the city.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Good Dog, Bonita
Sarah is excited when she is invited to spend three days in New York to attend an art exhibition with her neighbor Senora Sanchez, but everything starts to go wrong when the Senora's tiny dog Bonita gets lost in the streets of Spanish Harlem.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 440
subjects: dogs, large type books, lost and found possessions, spanish language, new york (n.y.) [X], friendship, harlem (new york, n.y.)
Day Of The Blizzard
Eager to accomplish an errand for her sick mother, Katie braves one of New York City's severest snowstorms in history, the blizzard of 1888.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
Santa's Snow Cat
Santa and his favorite cat search for each other after she falls out of his sleigh and lands in New York City on Christmas Eve.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Milly And The Macy's Parade
Concerned that the immigrant employees of New York City's Macy's department store are homesick at Christmas, a young girl inspires the store's head to hold the first Macy's Parade.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
Hang A Left At Venus
In Central Park, Zack and his dad encounter an alien who has lost his spaceship, which has been towed because it was illegally parked.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 430
How I Went From Bad To Verse
Zack succumbs to Rhyme Disease after being bitten by a tick during a class trip to Central Park, which causes him to speak only in rhymes and to float like a helium balloon.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
Empire State Building
Discusses the history, design, and construction of New York City's Empire State Building.
974.7
year: 2006
copies: 32
call number/section: 974.7
lexile: 1000
Liberty
Discusses all the planning and efforts that went into the construction of one of the most famous symbols of the United States, the Statue of Liberty.
974.7
year: 2003
copies: 50
call number/section: 974.7
lexile: 1190
subjects: bartholdi, fr?d?ric auguste, statue of liberty (new york, n.y.), monuments, national monuments, statues, new york (n.y.) [X], statue of liberty (new york, ny), bartoldi, frderic auguste, 1834-1904, new york (n.y.)-buildings, structures etc. juvenile literature, monuments-new york (state)-new york-design and construction-juvenile literature
The Secret City
An old pirate map leads George and his friends to a mysterious network of trap-laden tunnels beneath New York City.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
subjects: buried treasure, detective and mystery stories, new york (n.y.) [X], pirates, treasure troves, mystery fiction
Eye Of Eternity
George van Gelder and his friends, having found Captain Kidd's secret journal, now know for sure there is a priceless gem buried deep beneath New York City, but they soon discover the treasure is not going to give itself up easily.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: buried treasure, detective and mystery stories, diamonds, mystery fiction, pirates, treasure troves, new york (n.y.) [X]
The Last Clue
After weeks of searching the New York City catacombs for a centuries-old diamond buried by a pirate, George van Gelder and friends are stopped in their tracks when their underground enemy, Leroy, kidnaps George's father's new girlfriend and holds her for ransom in order to gain the treasure.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: pirates, buried treasure, kidnapping, mystery and detective stories, new york (n.y.) [X], treasure troves, mystery
Portraits Of Little Women, Beth's Story
Relates ten-year-old Beth's exciting trip to pre-Civil War New York City with Marmee and Father.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720