Everyone dreams of visiting the big city, with its bright lights, tall buildings, and millions and millions of people. One lucky girl named Izzy climbs in her stroller and rides through all the hustle and bustle, impressed by the sheer magnitude of everything she sees. Wow! City! is based on Izzy's real-life escapade, as page after page she is quoted verbatim. (Izzy was just learning to speak at the time.) Every illustration captures the grandeur, energy, and exuberance of Izzy's great adventure with her dad, in a book children will quickly learn by heart and ask to read over and over and over.
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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
PreS–A toddler who has been raised in the mountains takes a trip with her father to the city. Perched in a backpack on her daddy's shoulders, Izzy observes the teeming urban scenes that swirl around them. Each enormous double-page illustration is accompanied by a "Wow!" and a one-word description of the location ("Wow! Tunnel!" or "Wow! Museum!"). Drawn in India ink and vividly colored on a Macintosh computer using Adobe Photoshop, the illustrations are full of life, action, and detail, with people of every description, animals, vehicles, and excitement everywhere. Young children will pore over the busy pictures, and will also have fun finding Izzy and her dad in the crowd. This bookalso works well as a read-aloud for very young listeners who will join in on the "Wows!"–Jane Barrer, Washington Square Village Creative Steps, New York City
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From Booklist
*Starred Review* PreS-K. If Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie had been painted with a two-year-old in mind, the result might have been something like this. Bold colors and undulating forms jitterbug across the big, 20-by-10-inch spreads of Neubecker's first book for children, an ode to urbanity that chronicles his Utah-born daughter's first experience of the Big Apple. Though Neubecker is a seasoned contributor to the New York Times and other journals for adults, his artwork here couldn't be more attuned to toddlers. Each double-page scene, hand-drawn in thick, toothsome black line and tinted digitally in riotous carnival colors, showcases a city sight writ large, accompanied by a two-word exclamatory phrase: "Wow! Taxi!" "Wow! Skyscrapers!" "Wow! Fire engine!"^B Neubecker then crams every square inch of the surrounding area with things to point to, identify, or wonder about, including a yellow dog somewhere on every page (a stray that ultimately goes home with guess who?). Sharp eyes will eventually notice that this seek-and-find subplot extends to the stunning endpapers. A dazzling picture-book debut that beautifully transmits the wonder of the view from a baby-carrier backpack--so different from the more jaded perceptions of adults who, like the father illustrated here, stand agog before the unintelligible squiggles of a subway map. Jennifer Mattson
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Robert Neubecker draws for Slate.com, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He is the award winning author of Wow! City!, 'Wow School" and "What Little Boys are Made of". His many illustrated books include: "Every Corner Needs a Monster" with Jeane Reidy, "I got Two Dogs" with John Lithgow and "Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth" with Sarah Weeks." Upcoming books include "Linus the Vegetarian T- Rex" and "Winter is for Snow." Robert is a lousy cook except for sphagetti and meatballs. All the neighborhood kids seem to like it. Robert lives in Park City, Utah with his family, dogs, cats, and lizards.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Kim Kowanko
Format:Hardcover
Every child should own this book...it immediately bacame my son's favorite and we read it virtually every night. We now have two copies...one for our son and one as a coffee table book. Wow City! along with Wow America, Beasty Bath and Courage of the Blue Boy are now my standard new baby gifts. I'll buy any new book Robert Neubecker puts out - he's an amazing talent!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Wonderful! We could not put this book down and our grandchildren are hooked. Izzie is our new hero! We can't wait to see where she leads us next.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a great book for even the littlest (2 or so). If they have ever been to a city, they will recognize their favorite things here: fire engines, taxis, tall buildings. The repetitive text and clear "star" of each 2-page spread make it fun for beginning readers or a larger group of kids to guess what might be a difficult word (e.g. building). And there are lots of details to pore over one-on-one. This book really captures the excitement of a busy, vibrant city in a joyful, childlike way.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of Fun - Even Reading it Every Night
My 2-1/2 year old son LOVES this book. We checked it out of the library so many times we decided it was time to invest in a copy of our own. Read more
Published on October 30, 2009 by Heza
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow! A bedtime favorite!
I purchased this book the morning I left a week-long business trip from NYC back to midd-of-no-where, USA. Read more
Published on July 14, 2006 by C. Baltz
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unfettered enthusiasm
People groan and moan all the time about celebrities suddenly waking up and writing children's books one day without any prior experience. Read more
Published on October 30, 2005 by E. R. Bird
5.0 out of 5 stars
Vibrant, exciting, and fun
This extra-large book has just two words on every page, but so much going on in the pictures that you can pore over it with your baby, toddler, or preschooler as long as you like. Read more
Published on October 1, 2005 by sadalit
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Bright and Bold
The book is aptly titled -- WOW is what you'll say as you view the almost outrageously bright and bold drawings on each page. Read more
Published on November 20, 2004 by frisky2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW! FUN!
Glorious, colorful - incredibly visually interesting. My 13-month old loves looking at all of the pictures, and works diligently to fund the "doggy" in each one! Read more
Published on October 15, 2004 by Lee
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