city and town life

Thirteen-year-old Dellie is overcome with guilt and grief when her brother dies, but when she finds herself at odds with her best friend, Dellie reaches out to a neglected boy who lives in her building in the projects and learns how to have faith in herself from a new neighbor.

Hazel Kaplansky and new student Samuel Butler investigate rumors that a Russian spy has infiltrated their small Vermont town, amidst the fervor of Cold War era McCarthyism, but more is revealed than they could ever have imagined.

Explores the lives of men, women and children who lived in urban areas in ancient Rome.

The Catawampus Cat walked into town one day at a slant, and since then everyone in town is seeing their world with fresh eyes.

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

Doug the robot discovers that cities are much more than downloaded facts when he unplugs from the computer feed and explores one first-hand.

The people of Bean, Pennsylvania, get all worked up when they learn a scout from the moving pictures is coming to town to find a star, and they are let down and puzzled when Slip, the largely ignored livery boy, is chosen to be the singing cowboy.

Inside tall buildings and houses neat and grand, one dozen crawling, singing, busy babies are stuffed into pajamas, coats, and hats in preparation for their journey to story hour at the library.

Text and photographs explore small town living.

Briefly describes some of the sports that can be enjoyed in urban areas, such as running, tennis, soccer, basketball, and gymnastics.