Song in the City - by Daniel Bernstrom (Hardcover)

About the Book

A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they hear in church on Sunday morning, the two sit down and take in all the sounds of the city...together.

Book Synopsis

From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.

A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they hear in church on Sunday morning, the two sit down and take in all the sounds of the city...together.

Song in the City bridges the gap between generations of music and family, while centering love, understanding, and joy.

A Bank Street College of Education's Children's Book Committee's Best Children's Books of the Year pick!

Review Quotes

An eye-catching, toe-tapping celebration of the melodies in everyday sounds. - Kirkus Reviews

Song in the City is a delightful book about experiencing delight--and finding a way to share it with someone we love. - Susan Marie Swanson, Award-winning Poet and Author

[P]urely delightful to read aloud. - School Library Journal (starred review)

A singsongy storytime delight with most welcome and empowering representation. - Booklist (starred review)

In blocks of color reminiscent of stained glass, illustrations by Mohammed (Super Mom) emphasize robust motion and reverberating sounds, centering the way Emmalene perceives the world - combining with onomatopoeic text to create an adventurous symphony for the senses. - Publishers Weekly