Experience the delight found at each and every turn and the fun it is to wander, wonder, and learn!
“This series opener offers a welcoming look at New York… charming, creative illustrations…an entertaining, educational introduction to New York for readers of all ages.” – Kirkus Reviews
Wander New York: Fitz in the City
Written by Reese Traves
Illustrated by Jon Traves
Publisher’s Synopsis: Fitz the Fox can’t wait to see all that New York City has to offer — but will he get to see the penguin feeding or will a subway snafu derail his plans? A whimsical, sight-seeing jaunt that encourages wonder with rhyming text, peppered with facts and trivia along the way!
Join Fitz as he visits the Statue of Liberty with her 8-foot long index finger, the bustling crowds of Grand Central Terminal, the wondrous, book-filled spaces of the New York Public Library, and marvels at the sky-scraping height of the Empire State Building.
Continue to wander with a walk from Manhattan to Brooklyn across the Brooklyn Bridge and visit the Bronx Zoo along with more iconic landmarks while exploring this exciting city!
Ages 3-10 | Good Avenue Books | August 10, 2020 | ISBN-13: 978-1734602104
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About the Author
Reese Traves writes books for kids. She loves thinking up stories and fun characters and then writing things for those characters to say in the stories. Wander New York: Fitz in the City is her debut picture book.
She is also the co-founder of Hello Small World, a greeting card & illustration studio creating cheer-inducing greeting cards, art prints, calendars & more since 2011.
Reese loves bright colors, coffee (she’s done growing so it’s okay — she also does not know if this is a fact or myth), coding, and of course wandering in new places. She lives in Texas with Fitz and Fitz’s illustrator, Jon, who happens to be her husband.
Visit her website at www.reesetraves.com and follow Reese on Twitter @reesetraves.
About the Illustrator
Jon Traves is an illustrator who draws an imaginary world of jaunty animals in a studio amongst the trees. He runs Hello Small World, a greeting card & illustration studio, with his frequent collaborator and wife.
Wander New York: Fitz in the City is his first picture book.
Jon’s a big fan of sketching on sticky notes, collecting vinyl records, playing old school board games, and taking way too many photos. He lives in Texas with his wife, Reese (author of Fitz).
Visit Jon’s website at www.jontraves.com and follow him on Twitter @jon_traves.
44 Comments
“Please tell us why you would love to win this giveaway. What do you love about New York? Where would you like to see Fitz go to next?” This looks like a great book–what a gorgeous cover! I find New York interesting because of all the historic buildings. I think Fitz should go to Paris next. I’ve never been there, and I could enjoy seeing it through Fitz’s eyes!
I love New York and hope to win. I am on the Board of our local library and our book budget is so depleted.
New York has so much to offer. It’s filled with beautiful historical buildings, a beautiful library and many choices for sight seeing. I’d like to see him go to Italy next.
This book would go to my great niece who loves her books. I am a reader so I wanted her to be one to. I bought her first book before she was born. And have continued to buy all kinds of books. Books about places are important to give her a desire to see the world.
I love the feel and excitement of New York! There is no place like it.
Like to see him go to Paris.
The unique and historic buildings, the lower East side where the immigrants arrived and lived. Zabars and Katz’s Deli. This would be wonderful for my grandchildren to enjoy.
i love the fox. so cute
New York City is an exciting city. There is always something going on. I especially like the theater there.
New York City is my favorite City in the entire world. I would love the children in my life to learn about this wonderful and amazing place!
I love New York!!! I would love this book and so would my kids and grandkids. Thanks for the chance to win!
I would like to see Fritz visit Germany.
I would like to win this because the kids in the family always like getting new books. This book sounds like it would be a fun way for them to learn about New York City. I would like to see them do a book on London, England next, since London has so many iconic buildings and other interesting British things.
I have 10 grandkids 5 in Ca and 5 in Ia. Whenever we go on a road trip we always hunt down post cards and send them to all of the grandkids as i want them to know there are other states out there. They are all young right now but when they are older they will understand that New York is like their state Ca where i lived for 49 years before marrying and moving to Ia, Those 2 states couldn’t be any different and I am a teacher and thought i knew all about Ia but wow i didn’t know much at all so I want them to read and to know about the other states. REading is important to me as i am battling a disease and now am reading a whole lot of print books. My fingers are badly crippled from the disease and there is one thing i want them to know is reading is so important just like knowing things about other states. Especially where all the great plays are and things like that they can get from getting a post card to reading a book and seeing the name of a state that is on the eastern side of the USA!
I love all the culture in NYC! I’d love to see London!
I have a Niece that would love it.
A lot of our relatives live in NewYork. We would visit the with Fitz. We would take him to Ellis Island.
My granddaughter would love this book! I love the food and shopping in New York. Fitz should go to the Netherlands next.
NYC is one of our favorite places as a destination vacation. We love the food trucks, museums, theater and parks. The kids would enjoy reading this book out loud and getting ideas for our future visit. Fritz should visit Florida next!
We would love to win this great sweepstakes prize. Looks so cute. My kids and I would love it.
Good luck everyone.
New York is my city and it is the greatest! Need some new class read aloud books.
New York is a fun place to travel 24 hour entertaining and Como wow what a great job he does. I would love to win my kids being home need more learning tools this would be a great help thanks
I’d like to win this giveaway because we never have enough good books to read. I love all the wonderful and exciting destinations to visit in New York City.
i love New York for all the libraries. I would like Fitz to go to the libraries.
Marilyn
Well good day from Ottawa Canada and I have always believed New York would be a wanderfull place to visit with all the culture,restaurants and live drama. Fitz going to the libraries is another natural stop along the way..
I would love to win this for my daughter! She would love it!
I would love to give this to my grand daughter. I live in New York, but not New York City, I think it would be fun to visit. I think Fitz should go to the theater district and participate in a show.
I would love to read this with my grandson. He is always wanting to learn about new places.
I have never been to New York but, plan to visit. I want to visit Ellis Island and of course the Statue of Liberty.
HI! I am a Second Grade teacher. I just know my incoming students would LOVE to get to know New York through Fitz’s eyes! I would love to ask them where they would like to see Fitz next- second graders have the best creative minds!
When my kids were young, they were into WWF (now WWE) wrestling. We used to go to a lot of their big matches in different states. We went to a couple of Wrestlemanias in Madison Square Garden.
I like New York’s shopping and the old buildings. We weren’t crazy about the flying garbage there & all the crowds of people. My grandkids love books! I would love to win this giveaway for them. I live in Chicago. There are a lot of things to write about in this city.
Got some young nieces that love reading.Never been to New York. Any thing will be fine.
I have several young nieces and nephews that visit me often for “play dates”. I like to read to them and they love new books. I have only driven thru New York on the way to Canada. I would love to visit, when it is safe to travel.
“Please tell us why you would love to win this giveaway. What do you love about New York? Where would you like to see Fitz go to next?” .. I’ve been to New York a couple of times as I have family in NJ, NY is a fun place and I love the sight seeing & broadway shows. I know my young grand-daughter would say for Fitz to visit a farm with chickens..lol I have a couple of grands that would love this book
My son and I enjoy reading together and I am hoping to encourage more reading by adding new books to his collection. He will be starting kindergarten in a couple weeks so reading is very fundamental and needed right now. We would love to see the character go to the South because we live in South Carolina. I’ve only been to New York once in my life but I was born in Pennsylvania and then moved down to North Carolina to grow up a huge portion of my life.
Our daughter would love this book! She keeps saying she wants to see a big city. San Diego and LA don’t count. She wants tons of skyscrapers and bustling streets. It’s been a while since I was there, but I loved the food, the art and people-watching.
Ive only been to NY once,id like to see him go on a cruise
South Dakota. Mt. Rushmore
i would love to win this because New York is an awesome place I would love to share with my grandson. I love the possibilities of New York. Whatever you want to do or see, you likely can in New York. I think he should go to Seattle or San Francisco and share a west coast vibe.
We had a fun time when we visited NYC and this book would be fun to share with the grandkids. Fitz should go to London next.
This looks like a really cool book. I love that there are so many amazing places to visit in New York.
I would like to see Fitz visit Iowa. This book looks wonderful. I like the wide array of food choices in New York.
I would like to see Fitz travel to Austin or Peru next. I have only been to NYC once but loved the architecture and broadway shows.
Travel books right now are great for my kids to keep their imaginations going until we can feel safe again with travel.
Kids would love this book and they like learning about different places. Times Square is a favorite in NYC.
How about Fitz visiting California. So many fun places redwood forests, beaches, San Francisco, Hollywood, etc
I would love to visit NYC, so much to see and do! Fitz should visit New Orleans next.