neighborhoods

After learning about urban planner Jane Jacobs, seven-year-old Lucia looks around her own neighborhood and its shops, parks, and festivals.

L'il Dobber tries to earn money to buy a new basketball while staying out of trouble with his grouchy neighbor Mr. Palmer.

"Join Malik's search for his neighbor's lost dog! He's helping to find Buddy by looking everywhere in his neighborhood-from the park to the coffee shop. Along the way, see the people and places that make up a neighborhood. How is Malik's neighborhood different from or similar to the place where you live? Oh, and look carefully-Buddy might be hiding in plain sight!"--Back cover.

Contains photographs and brief text in which Marcela, a young girl, shows off the city in which she lives and its various attractions.

When Nikki and her best friend, Deja, start a newsletter about what is happening on their street and in their school, they focus more on writing exciting stories than on finding the truth.

Three children must defeat a mysterious doctor who builds an irresistible and dangerous playground in their neighborhood and then uses his power to heal children who get injured--stealing some of their life essence in the process.

"A cast of animal characters are building a brand new playground in a local park and each day of the week contains a different construction plan. The construction project comes together for a rhyming walking tour of a neighborhood, where young readers can learn the days of the week while watching everyone work as a team!"--Provided by publisher.

Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors.

Ali lives in Bed-Stuy, a Brooklyn neighborhood known for guns and drugs, but he and his sister, Jazz, and their neighbors, Needles and Noodles, stay out of trouble until they go to the wrong party, where one gets badly hurt and another leaves with a target on his back.

Twins Nikki and Maya Younger always agreed on most things, but as they head into their senior year they react differently to the gentrification of their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood and the new--white--family that moves in after their best friend and her mother are evicted.