12 Days of New York by Tonya Bolden

Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York

Gotham!

Mannahatta!

The Big Apple!

On our first day in New York, Just guess what we did see . . .

Empire City!

Touchdown in 5-4-3 . . .

The Statue of Liberty!

Hubba, Hubba!

My cousin has a pony!

Ah, how romantic.

On our second day in New York, Just guess what we did see!

Two Folks in Love And the Statue of Liberty.

On our third day in New York, Just guess what we did see!

Three Posh Pups Two Folks in Love And the Statue of Liberty.

They look hungry.

This map shows locales mentioned in the book as well as a number of other places to visit.

Day 1. The Statue of Liberty Day 2. Central Park Day 3. Guggenheim Museum Day 4. Empire State Building Day 5. Coney Island Day 6. Chinatown Day 7. Times Square Day 8. Grand Central Station Day 9. American Museum of Natural History Day 10. Union Square Station Day 11. Washington Square Monument Day 12. South Street Seaport

The illustrations in this book were made with india ink, Doc Martin dyes, gouache, and a bit of Photoshop.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bolden, Tonya.

The twelve days of New York / by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Gilbert Ford. p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-4197-0542-7 1. New York (N.Y.)—Juvenile poetry. 2. Children’s poetry, American. I. Ford, Gilbert, ill. II. Title.

PS3602.O6524T94 2013 811'.6—dc23 2012022800 Text copyright © 2013 Tonya Bolden Illustrations copyright © 2013 Gilbert Ford Book design by Chad W. Beckerman Published in 2013 by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.

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For children here, there, and everywhere.

—T.B.

To my parents, who took me to the Big Apple when I was six.

—G.F.