For my mother my first teacher and for the children in the classrooms I visit you teach me too ann To the memory of Judith Anderson extraordinary woman fine artist good friend kate iv
Table of Contents PAGE New York Pledge 1 New York Numbers 2 Manhattan Riddles 4 Hidden State Symbols 8 The Two Row Wampum Belt 11 John Peter Zenger Freedom of the Press 15 Abraham Lincoln’s Beard 19 New York Is a Mosaic Annie’s Gift 25 New York Months 32 Jacob Lawrence the Harlem Renaissance 39 Harlem Tune 44 A Boy Named Teedie 47 A Girl Named Sybil 51 Ode to New York 54 Forever Wild Amendment 56 Soft White Feathers 61 A Snowy Surprise 62 September 11 2001 80 A New York State Timeline 82 I Am a Citizen of New York 86 v
New York Pledge I pledge my heart to New York State its countryside and cityscapes its rolling hills and sparkling sea its fields its farms and factories By concrete path or crystal stream New Yorkers live and work and dream and my heart will always be glad New York is home to me
