Age Range: 3 and up
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: DKInk / Richard Jackson; 1st edition (1998)
Second Edition: Star Bright Books (2003)
Horn Book
“Lively paintings in Caribbean pastel hues joyfully fill in the details as a the rhythmical text celebrates the unexpected magic of a routine trip”
Philadelphia Inquirer
“This is a hymn to the power of creativity”
Publisher’s Weekly
“Greenberg’s gouache art, with it’s electric hues and primative style, supplies the bulk of the book’s energy. The artist fluidly captures the ample magic that emanates from the multicolored straw bag of a friendly island woman. (Cohen’s) inventive idea for transforming the tedium of subway riding-creatively realized in Greenberg’s sprightly pictures- will lift the spirits of any child familiar with subway riding”
Bulletin of the Center of Children’s Books
“The paintings rely on bright Caribbean colors...results in a lollipop effect that adds to the playfulness of the whole senario”
NEW YORK BOOKS FOR NEW YORK KIDS
New York Public Library/ Brooklyn Public Library Reading list 2001
NEW YORK IS READ, WHITE AND BLUE
Brooklyn Public Library Summer Read Aloud Program 2004
