With the publication of Lulu and Rocky in MILWAUKEE, Sleeping Bear Press introduces a new series of books, Our City Adventures. (Click here for Sleeping Bear Press comprehensive catalog). Author Barbara Joosse and illustrator Renee Graef will be featuring Detroit in their next book in the series.
REVIEW
In this entertaining travel guide for kids, Lulu and her cousin Rocky explore the city of Milwaukee.
Their adventure begins with a ferry trip across Lake Michigan and then settling into the historic Pfister Hotel.
The pair are inspired at the Milwaukee Art Museum and see a brise soleil on the roof that inspires Lulu's painting of herself riding in the clouds.
At the end of their trip they wave to Milwaukee.
The book concludes with a list of places that were included in the book and other places to visit. The series sounds like they'll be great books to use as a K-2nd grade resource.
I read this book with my 8-year-old grandson, Mason. Here are his thoughts:
Their adventure begins with a ferry trip across Lake Michigan and then settling into the historic Pfister Hotel.
After working up an appetite, they eat fried cheese curds in the Historic Third Ward. They take selfies at the Bronze Fonz, visit the North Point Lighthouse and Discovery World, and for dinner they visit the Lakefront Brewery. Although they're not shown drinking in the illustration, this might be a questionable location to include in a picture book for young children. Along those lines, Pufferson, Lulu's penguin companion, is pictured drinking beer at lunch.
The next day they're busy exploring the lakefront.
The pair are inspired at the Milwaukee Art Museum and see a brise soleil on the roof that inspires Lulu's painting of herself riding in the clouds.
At the end of their trip they wave to Milwaukee.
The book concludes with a list of places that were included in the book and other places to visit. The series sounds like they'll be great books to use as a K-2nd grade resource.
I read this book with my 8-year-old grandson, Mason. Here are his thoughts:
