Cities &  City Life in Picture Books

Wow! City! by Robert Neubecker

City Lullaby by Marilyn Singer

• See also: Babies, Onomatopoeia

C is for City by Nikki Grimes

• Alphabet book

The Brownstone by Paula Scher

• I wrote about it: City Life in Picture Books  and Apartment Life

Peggy by Anna Walker

• Pub Date: 2014 
• I wrote about it here: City Life in Picture Books 
• A chicken visits the city for a day. 

City Shapes by Diana Murray

• Pub Date: 2016
• See also: POC on the Cover, Taking a Walk
• A girl takes a walk through her city looking for shapes in what she sees. 

Have You Seen My Dragon? by Steve Light

• Pub Date: 2014
• See also: End Pages worth Noticing, Interactive 
• A dragon is loose in New York City.

Nana in the City by Lauren Castillo

• Pub Date: 2014
• See also: Grandparents
• A little boy goes to visit is grandma in the city, which he doesn't like at first. 

City Moon by Rachael Cole

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Questions, Taking a Walk
• Mother and child take a walk to find the moon. 

Up in the Leaves by Shira Boss

• Pub Date: 2018
• Based on the true story of the author's husband, who built treehouses in Central Park. 

My City by Joanne Liu

• Pub Date: 2019
• See also: Taking a walk 
• A little boy explores his city on the way to put a letter in the mailbox. 

City related posts on Proper Noun Blog:

• Life in this City 
• Window Watching
• Looking Closely in my Neighborhood
• Winter in Minneapolis