Burg, Ann E

Presents a children's rhyming number book that describes the historical events, landmarks, and famous people of the state of New York.

After eluding capture by the Nazis, seven-year-old Rebekkah and her mother are brought from Italy to the United States to begin a new life.

In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.

A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from New York's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.