So wonderful to have you back, Sarah! And what a great list to kick it off with. Curious to know, as a city girl do you find yourself needing to go to cities to “recharge” so to speak?
Yay, welcome back! Have missed you in this space! Also, have to tell you I started the Dory Fantasmagory series with my daughter and she's obsessed! Picking up the third one from the library today :)
I didn’t realize I was missing out on so many city books! Also, hurray for reading The Crossover. LOVE that book! I took some inspiration from that book for some of the poems in my own verse novel.
I grew up in the suburbs but find myself drawn to the city life. What a great roundup of books! We own several of these but I've checked out others from our library. I think they do give a good peek into what life is like for other kids.
Such a delight to see you in my inbox again. I'm so so glad you took a break (yay breaks!) for you, and also for me, for the reminder of how much I love your newsletter.
Happy to have you back! Glad you got a break, too. My three-month break is coming to an end. How was it three months?! And I’ve definitely been slogging. Your dedication to this excellent newsletter is so inspiring! What a great selection of city books!
Welcome back! It’s so good to see you in my inbox again. Adding Windows to my library list immediately. And I love that you’re reading Dozens of Doughnuts. I can almost recite that book by heart at this point. Such a great one from this newsletter.
I grew up in American suburbia, spent 3 years in San Francisco before relocating to Edinburgh, and am now in the Scottish countryside. There are literal hallmark movies filmed in our village and honestly, after nearly 4 years, I’ve never reconciled myself to it. I’m trying to be less of a pathetic brat about it and I’ve refrained from making a “kid graduates from high school and I can move back” countdown chart, but ugh… I work from home a lot and will just take the bus into the city and work from the cafe/library, and pretend I still live there. But I’m always trying to figure out how to raise a city kid in the country - we practice navigating public transport all the time, how to behave in a busy city, etc.
Nice to see you in my inbox again! Hey, how was Shen Yun? The ads were catching my eye, but then I read the reviews and they weren't selling me on it...
Happy to "see you" in my inbox today :) I don't have any recommendations about cities...just wanted to mutually gush over the beauty that is Shen Yun!!
I loved what you said about windows, and cities. My husband did that for me--moved to a small town, although he was very happy in the city. (I grew up in a tiny town, lived in several cities, and now we live in a tiny town now about half the size of yours.) I loved hearing you talk about it, thanks for sharing that piece. It can get pretty complicated! I'm such a fan of the Mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. I still love that book in my fifties. Have you read The Little Witch by Margaret Mahy? The city is a wonderful character in it.
So wonderful to have you back, Sarah! And what a great list to kick it off with. Curious to know, as a city girl do you find yourself needing to go to cities to “recharge” so to speak?
Yaaayyy! Welcome back! What joy to wake up to this email this morning.
Yay, welcome back! Have missed you in this space! Also, have to tell you I started the Dory Fantasmagory series with my daughter and she's obsessed! Picking up the third one from the library today :)
I didn’t realize I was missing out on so many city books! Also, hurray for reading The Crossover. LOVE that book! I took some inspiration from that book for some of the poems in my own verse novel.
I grew up in the suburbs but find myself drawn to the city life. What a great roundup of books! We own several of these but I've checked out others from our library. I think they do give a good peek into what life is like for other kids.
Such a delight to see you in my inbox again. I'm so so glad you took a break (yay breaks!) for you, and also for me, for the reminder of how much I love your newsletter.
These are fantastic!! So glad to have you back :D That neighborhood mother goose looks absolutely delightful!
Happy to have you back! Glad you got a break, too. My three-month break is coming to an end. How was it three months?! And I’ve definitely been slogging. Your dedication to this excellent newsletter is so inspiring! What a great selection of city books!
Welcome back!
Welcome back! It’s so good to see you in my inbox again. Adding Windows to my library list immediately. And I love that you’re reading Dozens of Doughnuts. I can almost recite that book by heart at this point. Such a great one from this newsletter.
I grew up in American suburbia, spent 3 years in San Francisco before relocating to Edinburgh, and am now in the Scottish countryside. There are literal hallmark movies filmed in our village and honestly, after nearly 4 years, I’ve never reconciled myself to it. I’m trying to be less of a pathetic brat about it and I’ve refrained from making a “kid graduates from high school and I can move back” countdown chart, but ugh… I work from home a lot and will just take the bus into the city and work from the cafe/library, and pretend I still live there. But I’m always trying to figure out how to raise a city kid in the country - we practice navigating public transport all the time, how to behave in a busy city, etc.
Welcome back, Sarah! Great post (as usual!:)
Nice to see you in my inbox again! Hey, how was Shen Yun? The ads were catching my eye, but then I read the reviews and they weren't selling me on it...
We like the Big Cities Little Foodies picture book series by Cheryl Yau Chepusova!
Happy to "see you" in my inbox today :) I don't have any recommendations about cities...just wanted to mutually gush over the beauty that is Shen Yun!!
I loved what you said about windows, and cities. My husband did that for me--moved to a small town, although he was very happy in the city. (I grew up in a tiny town, lived in several cities, and now we live in a tiny town now about half the size of yours.) I loved hearing you talk about it, thanks for sharing that piece. It can get pretty complicated! I'm such a fan of the Mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. I still love that book in my fifties. Have you read The Little Witch by Margaret Mahy? The city is a wonderful character in it.