A Green Place to Be: The Creation of Central Park by Ashley Benham Yazdani. PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION. Candlewick Press, 2019. $18. 9780763696955
BUYING ADVISORY: El (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
We often imagine that things as they are now are how they have always been. In the case of Central Park in New York City, the beautiful space was once a bog full of boulders. It took imaginative designers and engineers to make the park a reality and this book covers the entire process.
This story will land the best with readers who have actually experienced Central Park. The book functions on the idea that the reader already values the park. It is an interesting story that draws in threads of natural spaces in cities and park design. It also offers an insight into the 1850s.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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