My Subway Ride

My Subway Ride by Jacobs, Paul Dubois. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781586853570.

Waiting for the trainmusic in the stationbucket drumssteel guitarsthe beat and the wait and the rumble-growla light in the dark a floating starsqueak and squeal and screech to the stopMy Subway Ride whisks you through the vivid sounds, sights, and rhythms of the heart of New York Citys subway and all the great stops along the way. From the "pitch, smack, home run!" of Yankee Stadium, to the rattle of the Cyclone and the sticky cotton candy on Coney Island, to the pulse of the crowd in Times Square, this book immerses you in the movement of the city. The pulse and beat of the subway train runs throughout the text, and the colorful and bold illustrations give the graphic sense of the subway, from fading train lights, to mosaic tile walls, to colorful graffiti, to a sea of faces. Join the subway station musicians who sing of the trains sound and rhythm as "a pulse, the pulse/a heartbeat/ a jazz riff/ a constant sea/ a mamas belly/ whisking us home."Paul DuBois Jacobs and Jennifer Swender are a husband-and-wife team living in Brooklyn, New York. Paul has coauthored three books with musician Pete Seeger: Pete Seegers Storytelling Book, Abiyoyo Returns, and Some Friends to Feed: The Story of Stone Soup. Jennifer is an early childhood educator and curriculum developer. Paul and Jennifers favorite subway line is the Q train.Selina Alko lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband who is also an illustrator. Selina studied illustration in New York City at the School of Visual Arts. She has illustrated many educational books for children, including Show and Tell Rose (from McGraw Hill) and Jump Rope (from Bebop Books). Selina loves her daily commute on the subway. Her favorite line is also the Q train.