“...a loving tribute that successfully captures Brooklyn's diversity and character.”
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
B is for Brooklyn
What do Prospect Park, Coney Island, and Atlantic Avenue have in common? They are all located in Brooklyn, New York!
2012 • ages 2-6
ISBN-10 : 9780805092134
ISBN-13 : 978-0805092134
What do Prospect Park, Coney Island, and Atlantic Avenue have in common? They are all located in Brooklyn, New York, a magical place where you can listen to jazz music, eat bagels and lox, and sit on the stoop of a brownstone and daydream. Children will recognize aspects of their own neighborhoods in this celebration of urban culture and community.
Awards
2015-2016
B is for Brooklyn DOE 365 Literacy Campaign poster - Recommended Pre-K classroom book​.
ReviewS
“...a loving tribute that successfully captures Brooklyn's diversity and character... Alko (is) among the most visually eloquent promoters of junior-sized urbanism."
―PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review
“The most colorful, populous borough of New York City comes alive in this eye-popping alphabet book.”
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―SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
“...a welcome celebration of its rich ethnic, culinary, racial and religious diversity.”
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―KIRKUS
​​“A charming alphabet book extolling the neighborhood's virtues. Alko's cheery mixed-media collages feature everything from ticket stubs to subway tiles to tearings from the New York Times best-seller list, accompanied by broad-brush paintings of the city's multicultural inhabitants. In this spirited rendition of Brooklyn, a baby-toting mother celebrates the local outdoor pleasures alongside an interracial couple, a mustachioed gentleman in his 50s and a blond girl in a wheelchair. A particularly gorgeous Mermaid Parade struts by for the letter M. With hoopla like this, wavering Manhattanites may wind up in Fort Greene rather than Larchmont.”
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―THE NEW YORK TIMES
