In Lucia's Neighborhood
Author: Pat Shewchuk
Illustrator: Marek Colek
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Publication Date: March 1, 2013
I can't say enough wonderful things about this book. The illustrations are GORGEOUS and make me want to live in the neighbourhood in the book (which I think is somewhere in Toronto but I'm not sure). It follows the story of a little girl, Lucia, as she listens to her grandmother tell her about urban visionary Jane Jacobs then explores her own neighbourhood with renewed appreciation. But my absolute favourite thing about the book? All the people in the streets, the parks, the doorways...none of them are texting! The teenagers are hanging out, the old men are feeding birds, there are people reading books and playing cards. But no one has a laptop or a cell phone. There was something quite lovely about that.
I will definitely be looking for more books by author Pat Shewchuk and especially illustrator Marek Colek!
