![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s also just really fun to see the places you live in the books you read. The series has also looked at city trees and water systems because decoding our environment will help young people live better and advocate for the health and well-being of their communities. My third book in this nonfiction series exploring urban systems and sustainability, City Streets Are for Peopleis coming out this week and it’s a kid-friendly manifesto about reclaiming our streets for people and transit, not cars. This absence is part of the reason I’ve been working with Groundwood Books on the ThinkCities series. Kids in New York and Paris, of course, have had their own beloved icons for years (thank you Harriet, Madeleine and CJ from Last Stop on Market Street), but Canadian readers haven’t seen themselves represented in quite the same way. With nearly three quarters of the world expected to live in urban areas by 2050, it’s about time we see more children’s books about living in the city. A recommended reading list by Andrea Curtis, whose latest book is City Streets Are for People ![]()
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