"Carefully leveled text and beautiful full-color photographs take beginning readers on a tour of a city and encourages them to recognize shapes they see there"-- Provided by publisher.

Profiles the systems that work together to keep urban areas running safely, discussing how cities have evolved since the first riverside settlements while outlining projects that explain facts about transportation, water systems, and architecture.

Simple text and photographs describe what it is like to live in the city.

A city is an exciting place to live. It has tall buildings, many people, and a variety of ways to get from place to place. Readers learn what life is like in an urban community, and, in doing so, they explore important early social studies curriculum topics. Accessible, relatable text closely corresponds to vibrant photographs to help readers develop comprehension skills. A picture glossary is also included to aid in vocabulary building. Readers will...

"If you could design a city that would be both a great place to live and good for the planet, what would it look like? Today, more than half the world's population lives in cities and many of those cities face big challenges, including the climate crisis, food insecurity and rapid population growth, but they are also places where innovation can thrive. Peek into the past to see how cities have changed through time and explore what could make them...