Ritchie, Scot,

Look Where We Live! : a First Book of Community Building / written and illustrated by Scot Ritchie. - Toronto, ONT. Kids Can Press 2015 - pages cm.

In this engaging nonfiction picture book, five young friends --- Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin --- spend the day traveling around their neighborhood and participating in activities designed to raise money for their local library. Along the way, they learn about the people and places that make up their community and what it means to be a part of one. A map opens the story, with each of the places the children will be visiting labeled, including the gas station, retirement home, school, police station, soccer field, community garden and, of course, the library! Then each of the following spreads features a different location, detailed in a bright, busy illustration. Illustration captions expand the locations' connections to the concept of community. For example, when they stop at a yard sale, the caption reads, ?Donating means you give something to help a good cause. You can donate money, things or your time.? In some cases, readers are asked to find things or people within the illustrations, which adds an interactive experience.

ISBN: 9781771381024 (bound)

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 20149052790

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communities
Community Life

Dewey Class. No.: j307