Firefly & Fern

City Signs

Zoran Milich

Ages 3–7observationurban exploration

Whonk, and whonk again

Jane Clark Brown

Ages 3–7city lifesounds

Mercedes Ice

Philip Ridley

Ages 8–12urban explorationimagination

Night Trippers

Mark Ricketts, Micah Farritor

Ages 12–17fantasysupernatural

Hunt for sewer gators

Jan Fields

Ages 8–12adventurecuriosity

The pirates of Bedford Street

Rachel Isadora

Ages 3–8imaginationcreative play

Alphabet City

Michael De Feo

Ages 3–7alphabetart

Travis & Freddy's adventures in Vegas

Henry Johnson

Ages 10–14friendshipadventure

The latchkey children

Eric Allen

Ages 8–12independencenature conservation

The trek

Ann Jonas

Ages 3–8imaginationadventure

The haunting of Alaizabel Cray

Chris Wooding

Ages 13–18couragemystery

On Edge

Gin Price

Ages 14–18danger and riskjustice

Marina

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Ages 13–18mysterymemory

Lost in NYC

Nadja Spiegelman, Sergio García Sánchez

Ages 7–11friendshipadventure

Digger and Daisy go to the city

Judy Young

Ages 4–8siblingsadventure

Signals in the city

Lauren Ray Pollard

Ages 4–7communicationobservation

New York City history for kids

Richard Panchyk

Ages 8–12american historylocal history