CITY STREETS ARE FOR PEOPLE WRITTEN BY ANDREA CURTIS ILLUSTRATED BY EMMA FITZGERALD Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press Toronto Berkeley
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LIBRARY CITY STREETS can be noisy and crowded dirty and sometimes even scary In many cities cars and trucks rule the roads Sidewalks are narrow or don't exist at all Kids on foot or riding bicycles and scooters have to dodge and weave competing with fast moving metal machines Buses streetcars and trains can be so jammed it's hard to move Transportation is connected to everything we do from visiting Grandma's house or the library to moving goods and people down the street and around the globe In fact figuring out how to get around with the least possible impact on the planet has turned into one of the biggest challenges of our time