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Early morning

Rush hour

The workday begins

Midmorning

Lunchtime

A rainy afternoon

Evening

Nighttime

THIS PAGE

INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

j Millbrook Press / Minneapolis

First American edition published in 2009 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Copyright © 2004 by Orpheus Books Ltd.

All U.S. rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.

Millbrook Press

A division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. 241 First Avenue North

Minneapolis, MN 55401 USA

Website address: www.lernerbooks.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Harris, Nicholas.

A day in a city / by Nicholas Harris. — 1st American ed.

p.cm. — (Time goes by)

Summary: text and bird’s-eye-view illustrations portray a busy day in a city, including

activities at a school, an apartment building, a theater, and a museum. Includes related activities.

Includes index

 

ISBN 978–1–58013–552–8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

 

1. City and town life—Fiction. I. Title

 

PZ7.H24339 2009

 

[E]—dc22

2008000627

Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 — BP — 14 13 12 11 10 09

978-0-7613-4674-6

Table of Contents

Introduction

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6:00a.m.: Earlymorning

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8:00a.m.: Rushhour

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9:00a.m.: Theworkdaybegins

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11:00a.m.: Midmorning

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1:00p.m.: Lunchtime

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4:00p.m.: Arainyafternoon

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7:30p.m.: Evening

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11:00p.m.: Nighttime

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Glossary

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LearnMoreaboutCities

23

ACloserLook

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Index

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THIS IS THE STORYof

adayinacity. Allthepictureshaveexactlythe sameview. Buteachoneshowsadifferenttime ofday. Lotsofthingshappenduringthisday. Canyouspotthemall?

Somepictureshavepartsofthewallstakenaway.

Thishelpsyouseeinsidethebuildings.

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Introduction

Asyouread,lookforpeoplewhoappear throughouttheday. Forexample,keepyoureyeon oneoftheofficeworkers. Heneverleaveshisdesk. Andwatchfortheburglarwearingamask. Hisday doesn’tturnoutthewayheplanned. Thinkabout

whatstoriesthesepeoplemighttellaboutlivinginacity.

Youcanfollowalltheactioninthecityfrommorningtonight. The clockoneachright-handpagetellsyouwhattimeitis.

Thecityisfilledwithactionalldaylong. Shoppers, students,andworkerscomeandgo. Thecatsand dogsintheneighborhoodhaveabusydaytoo.

There’salwayssomethingnewtofind!

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Canyou find . . .

asleepwalker?

Earlyinthemorning,mostpeopleare asleep. Butafewareoutandabout already. Adogenjoyschasingtwoearlymorningrunners. Thestreetcleanersare atwork. Onepoormanhasbeenworking inhisofficeallnight. Anothernightworker, aburglar,isjustreturninghome. Hehada busynightrobbingpeople’shouses.

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6:00 a.m.

Early morning

Rush hour

The workday begins

Midmorning

Lunchtime

A rainy afternoon

Evening

Nighttime

Canyou find . . .

anewsstand?

theburglar?

Trafficfillsthestreets. Everyoneison themove. Menandwomentraveltowork. Childrenmaketheirwaytoschool. Twocars haveanaccidentonthecorner. Thecrash blockstraffic. Meanwhile,peopleselling goodssetuptablesatthemarket. Workers cleanupthetheaterandthemuseum. A cleaneratthemuseumdoesnotnoticesome strangethingshappeningbehindherback.

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