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Nana in the City
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo
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A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
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TheBookHippie
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My grand baby will be 10 tomorrow. Just rude 🤪😅😭

At least I‘m his favorite person in the whole wide world. 💙 AND he loves books and reading.

Ruthiella Awe, adorable! 🥰 1mo
Gissy Awww! Happy Birthday to him 🎂🎉🎊🎈🎈🎈 1mo
willaful The nerve of kids, I swear! 😂 1mo
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JenReadsAlot Wonderful pictures! 1mo
Karisa 👏👏👏 🎶🎵Happy birthday to you! 🎶🎵 1mo
LeahBergen Ten?? ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo
Leftcoastzen Wow ! Great pics . 1mo
TheBookHippie @LeahBergen he will be ten tomorrow. I didn‘t post a current pic. 🙃 (edited) 1mo
AnnCrystal 🎂🥳 Adorable 💝. How times flies... (edited) 1mo
marleed The Nerve! Beautiful pics! And isn‘t it heaven to be so loved!🥰 1mo
bookandbedandtea Wonderful pictures! Happy birthday to him. 🧡 1mo
dabbe 💚💙💚 1mo
batsy Lovely photos 💜 1mo
IndoorDame Such sweet photos! Happy birthday baby hippie! 10 is a fabulous age! 💜 1mo
Dilara Happy birthday to your big grandbaby! 1mo
maich So cute.😍❤️ My daughter will be 6 this year. They grow up so fast. 1mo
TheBookHippie @maich I agree mine is 35 it‘s hard to believe. 💕🙃 1mo
maich @TheBookHippie the same age as I🙂 1mo
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Mayadenoma
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

“The city is busy, the city is loud, and it is the absolute perfect place for a nana to live.“

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Mayadenoma
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

I love how she knitted him a cape while he was sleeping

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Mayadenoma
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Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo is the winner of the 2015 Caldecot Medal. This book is very sweet and has great depictions of New York city and how scary it can be to live in a city so big.

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hannahpry
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

“When it was time to leave, I wrapped Nana in my cape. “This will keep you brave,“ I tell her.“

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hannahpry
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

I think this book would be great for early elementary aged children, I think that it shows how to be brave and try new things symbolized by the cape, This book would encourage children that even when things are new and scary they can learn a lot from them and that they may actually enjoy them!

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hannahpry
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This book won the Caldecott in 2015. This book tells the story of a boy who goes and visits his nana in new york city, he is very nervous at first and thinks the city is loud and scary, his Nana gives him a cape to be brave and then they go through the city and his perception changes, at the end of the story he gives his cape back to his Nana and to keep her brave!

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emmadomo
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

Nana was holding a fancy red cape. ‘For you to wear on our walk today,‘ she said. ‘You‘ll see that the city is not scary at all.‘”

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emmadomo
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

grandparents are special role models, city life

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emmadomo
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Nana in the City, Caldecott Honor in 2015, is a fictional story with beautiful pictures and a beautiful message. A little boy goes to the city for the very first time to stay with his nana. He is afraid and doesn‘t like what he sees. With the love and support from his grandma, he is brave and begins to see the amazing things that occur in the city life.

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TheBookHippie
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@GingerAntics This is 7 🤯
My baby 😩😩😩. Jackson Nathan

Also being a Nana way more fun than parenting 💙

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Adorable 💙💙 3y
Cortg Cutie! Happy Birthday Jackson 🎈 3y
GingerAntics 🥰🥰🥰 what a cutie!!! Happy Birthday Jackson!!! 3y
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mjdowens I wholeheartedly agree. Being a Gigi is the best ❤️ 3y
AmyG Happy Bithday! He is adorable! ❤️🎂🎈🎉 Oh, way more fun than parenting. (edited) 3y
CarolynM What a gorgeous boy! Happy birthday, Jackson🎂🎈🎉 3y
Annl For sure being a Ba is the best! 3y
Reggie Happy Birthday, Jackson!!! 🎂 3y
Cupcake12 Happy birthday Jackson 🎉 3y
UwannaPublishme So cute! 3y
Cathythoughts Look at that smile ❤️ 3y
Nute Such a lovely spirit! Happy Birthday, Jackson!🎂🎈🎊 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick What a cutie! Happy birthday Jackson!🎂 3y
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TheBookHippie
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Seven years ago tomorrow. Highly recommend being your daughters Doula and delivering your grandson 💙👶🏼

catiewithac Beautiful!! 🥰 3y
GingerAntics 🥰🥰🥰 oh sweetheart!!! And he‘s going to be seven tomorrow? Oh my. 3y
Cortg What an amazing experience! 3y
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TheBookHippie @Cortg 💙 it was. 3y
UwannaPublishme 💕💕💕 3y
Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Happy Birthday to your grandson! (And happy grandma-versary!) 3y
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GatheringBooks
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#Movember Day 25: With very spare text and such powerful art, the reader feels for this worried, anxious boy who feels the city thrumming in his veins even while indoors. While Nana obviously did not mind this, our young hero is not used to the rumbling and shaking, the incessant noise, the constant fevered lights. #Fever - my review of this awardwinning picturebook: https://wp.me/pDlzr-9cM

Cinfhen Looks like a delightful read 4y
AmyG This looks wonderful. 4y
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TheBookHippie
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#24b4Monday I DID IT!!!!!

My favorite picture book to read in the fall will be traveling with me this week.

Congratulations @MrBook on #mrbook1inamillion !

#litsypartyofone was fun with good food and lots of TBR cart reading completed !!!!

@Andrew65

CoffeeCatsBooks Pretty photo! 🍁 4y
Crazeedi Yay!!!❤❤❤ 4y
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Alora Congrats! 4y
MrBook Awesome!!! 😎👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥 4y
Andrew65 Fantastic, an awesome job. 👏👏👏🍾🥂🍾🥂😊🥳🙌👍🎯💖 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ntG50eXbBtc 4y
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erincox
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

I enjoyed this book and think it would be a great one for kids to learn that having an open mind about this is very beneficial!

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erincox
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Caldecott
This is about a boy who visits his Nana in New York City. He loves his Nana but not the city she lives in. Nana tries to convince him otherwise.

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caldwellalex95
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"Nana in the City" by Lauren Castillo is a magical RA picture book as it incorporates multiple factors of RF in its text. "Nana in the City" has collected the Caldecott Award, along with the Huffington Post's "Best Picture Book about Family".
"Nana in the City" is about a young boy who enjoys visiting his Nana, but dislikes the city because it is filled with chaos and mayhem. Nana gives the young boy a red cape, which motivates the young boy to be

caldwellalex95 brave! Suddenly, the city is not so scary anymore, and the young boy's outlook on the city changes in a positive light. This vibrant book can be used in the classroom to discuss the importance of relationships and learning how to make predictions. How do you think the young boy will act next time he visits Nana, now that the city is not so scary? Common Sense Media's website, www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/nana-in-the-city, provides 5y
caldwellalex95 examples of how "Nana in the City" can be integrated in the classroom and how a teacher can introduce the idea of making predictions to students. ESOL strategy #16 and UDL's self-regulation guideline (9.3) apply to this pleasant, delightful read. "Nana in the City" is an incredibly heartwarming story about a strong, solid relationship between a young boy and his Nana; it teaches us how we should not be afraid to take chances! #LAE3414SP19 5y
DrSpalding Common sense media is a quality website. This is a heartwarming award winner! Reading aloud would be the best strategy. 5y
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lauren_rese
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“For you to wear on our walk today,” she said. “You‘ll see that the city is not scary at all these.”

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lauren_rese
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo

The illustrations make the city life turn into reality, feeling like you are there hearing, smelling, and experiencing it all.

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lauren_rese
Nana in the City | Lauren Castillo
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This book is a great example as to what life in the city is like. This gives a message that everyone‘s lifestyle is different. Others my not understand why one lives where they do and may be uncomfortable in a new setting. But given one thing that makes you feel brave, will allow you to see what makes a city so great! Award: The Caldecott Medal; Published: 2014; Illustrator: Lauren Castillo

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TheBookHippie
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#friyayintro I actually did post a selfie today for #gratitude30 but here's the grand baby and me❤️

CarolynM Gorgeous picture 💕 5y
AmyG ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
CouronneDhiver Young granny - wow! 👏🏽👏🏽 5y
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TheBookHippie @CouronneDhiver hahaha I just look good 🤣. I'm older than my mum was when I made her a granny. Lucky boy has Nana (me) 3 great grandmas one great grandpa, Papa (my love) and a grandma and grandpa on the other side . But today a child told me I was 29 which is my daughters age so #winning!!! 5y
TheBookHippie @CarolynM thanks he's a stinker but oh so sweet 5y
TheBookHippie @AmyG makes my heart beat ❤️ 5y
kspenmoll Sweet happy picture! 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
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TheBookHippie
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My grandson isn't a baby anymore
He looks too grown for 4 1/2 years old
I'll be with my kleenex 😭😭😭
#nanasbaby

MelissaSue81 Too cute! 6y
AmyG Adorable! 6y
Andrew65 What a great picture! 6y
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Rachbb3 So handsome! They grow up too fast. 6y
Texreader Adorable 6y
CouronneDhiver A dashing fellow 😍 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awww adorable 💙💙💙 6y
Kaye How cute ! 6y
wanderinglynn What a cutie! ❤️ 6y
Alfoster Awwwww!❤️ 6y
Suet624 Oh, how sweet. 💕💕 6y
Kappadeemom Those little shoes 😍 6y
tammysue Aww what a handsome little guy! ❤️ 6y
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