12 Children’s Books That Take You On A Big City Adventure

From the Brooklyn Bridge to the Lower East Side to Washington Heights, your kiddos can see NYC-based stories come alive by visiting the actual locations featured in some of their favorite books.

By Ashly Grzyb January 14, 2016

Have your kids ever wondered where exactly Knuffle Bunny was lost or what it might be like to live at the Plaza like Eloise? From the Brooklyn Bridge to the Lower East Side to Washington Heights, your kiddos can see NYC-based stories come alive by visiting the actual locations featured in some of their favorite books. Learn about historic landmarks, ride on public transportation, or walk the streets of a new neighborhood with a dozen locally set stories.

10. Next Stop Grand Central

By Maira Kalman

Explore the madness of Grand Central Station, "the busiest, fastest, biggest place there is." Meet the people who work there like the Chef who makes oyster stew and the lively passengers like the woman going to Chinatown to buy tea. Also by this author: Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey.

Make the story come alive at: Grand Central Station, Park Ave. at 42nd St., Midtown

Find these books and more at your local neighborhood bookstore!

Share your favorite children’s book about the Big Apple in the comments below!

–Ashly Grzyb