Laura Vila

OMG. The illustrations are GORGEOUS. It whips through 50,000 years pretty fast, but take the time and soak in those pictures.

This book is a biography photo book. It has words and the pictures are there to give imagery to the wording on the book. This book is very colorful and has very interesting items depicted in the pictures. It is a short and simple way to show how Manhattan became Manhattan.

Talks about how Manhattan was first an island inhabited by animals, then Indians, then the Dutch. The English said in and made it into what it is today.

2009/2010 nominee for the Chickadee Award (best picture book as voted by the children of Maine.) Personally, I don't see how this is going to have a ton of appeal for Maine kids, seeing as it's the history of Manhattan. Maybe if they really like history. Also, I know my tastes tend to not agree with the rest of the state, because I was blindsided by this year's winner.