Song in the City

By Daniel Bernstrom, Jenin Mohammed (illustrator),

Book cover of Song in the City

Book description

From Daniel Bernstrom, the acclaimed author of One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree, comes a charming and irresistibly fun picture book about a young blind girl and her grandmother who experience the vibrant everyday music of their busy city.

A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved…


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Why read it?

1 author picked Song in the City as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This charming book lets the reader enter into the world of a blind girl who hears the sounds of the city as a song. As the girl teaches her grandmother, the typefaces in the story teach the reader.

You won’t be able to resist reading this book as a song, and as you do so, you’ll gain an appreciation for a new way to experience the sounds of a city.

From Lois' list on pictures about blind children.

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