Greenwillow Books Subway

We gave my three-year-old son a copy of this as a holiday present. He's a train enthusiast and, as New Yorkers, we ride the subway together frequently, but I was still surprised at how much he took to this book to the exclusion of everything else on his shelf. He's asked for it at bedtime every day since then (i.e. for the past two weeks!). The hardcover edition features a dust jacket that he loves to spread out on the bed, tracing the various lines. While the text and illustrations are very simple, they are also very clever -- the schematic of Times Square is actually quite accurate. Niemann has a whimsical view of the world that comes through brilliantly in little details.

Ilustrações fantásticas! Ótima história A qualidade da impressão é muito boa. O livro se destaca entre os lançamentos infantis. Compre!

３歳の子供達が乗り物大好きで、買ってみました。 まだ地下鉄にあまり乗ったことがなく、地下を走る電車だということが理解できていないようだし ＮＹのことも全然わかってませんが、楽しんでいました。最後まで集中して聞いてくれるかな？ と心配しましたが、意外にも喜んで聞いてくれました。やっぱり絵が魅力的なんでしょうね。

Love this book

Written and illustrated by the talented Christoph Neiman, "Subway" is a book that you must own if you live with kids in New York City. His iconic illustration style has turned the subway system into a learning adventure for my daughter. She can't read yet but she loves identifying the wayfinding signage letters/numbers and matching them to the real subway map. The rhythmic storyline also keeps her engaged and she even repeats some of the lines from the book while we're on our real life subway journeys.