Typically getting there’s half the
enjoyable!
Pablo and his associates Henry, Lily,
Mei, and Padma (the children current as Latinx, white, black, Asian, and South
Asian, respectively) determine to go to Coney Island as a enjoyable option to finish the
summer season. Pablo’s dad, who, like his son, has brown pores and skin, agrees to accompany the
youngsters. “However how will we get there?” asks Lily. Pablo means that they use maps,
after which he excitedly plots out their journey: First they’ll stroll to the bus
cease; then they’ll take a bus to the subway; then they’ll arrive at Coney
Island. A real cartophile, Pablo experiences a second of fear that his associates
received’t “assume it [is] enjoyable to observe a map,” however his map-reading experience ends
up serving to the kids be affected person as they traverse town. The most effective map of
all is the one which reveals the entire enjoyable rides on Coney Island. An exercise
suggestion within the backmatter prompts readers to make maps of their very own
neighborhoods, doubtlessly extending this title’s use past its accessibility
and help of emergent-literacy expertise and into the realm of map-reading, too.
As in her different work on this sequence, Ng-Benitez’s heat, participating illustrations
assist outline the person, numerous characters whereas creating a way of
vibrancy and pleasure within the city setting.
For readers who’re going locations. (Early
reader. 5-7)
