Hidden City: Poems of Urban Wildlife

New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2018

A poetic book highlighting everyday nature

The perfect blend of science and poetry, Hidden City demonstrates that nature can thrive anywhere, even in highly populated areas. In this graceful collection of poems, skyscrapers serve as perches for falcons, streetlights attract an insect buffet for hungry bats, and an overgrown urban lot offers shelter to both flora and fauna. Hidden City also includes engageing supplementary materials, which provide scientific information about the animals and plants featured in the book.

Coupled with beautiful collage illustrations, the poems in Hidden City offer readers the perfect reminder to notice and care about their environment.

2019 Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award

2019 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Notable Poetry Books List

2020 Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards 2020 List

​California Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award (2018)

2019 CCBC Choices best-of-the-year selection--Poetry

2019 Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year