All the jump-roping, rollerskating, skyscraping excitement of city life is packed into this pulsating collection of poems selected by Jane Yolen. Poems by Langston Hughes, Jane Yolen, Rachel Field, and others capture the rush and rumble, toss and tumble of taxis and trains, pigeons and parks, sidewalks, and street cleaners. Ken Condon's bold illustrations evoke the gritty passion of the urban scene. Young readers will delight in this irresistible anthology that crackles with energy and zest.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by Boyds Mills Press .

Ken Condon hasillustrated for many different magazines and corporate publications. He is the illustrator of three children's books: "Sky Scrape/City Scape: Poems of City Life," selected by Jane Yolen; "When a City Leans Against the Sky "by Allan A. De Fina; and "America, My New Home" by Monica Gunning. He lives with his family in western Massachusetts. " Jane Yolen has written almost three hundred books, many of them awardwinners. She lives in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Hatfield, Massachusetts.