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Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Evening
Nighttime
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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 ofLerner 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 America1 2 3 4 5 6 — BP — 14 13 12 11 10 09
978-0-7613-4674-6
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Introduction 4
6:00 a.m. :
Early morning 6 8:00 a.m. : Rush hour 8
9:00 a.m. : The workday begins 10
11:00 a.m. : Midmorning 12
1:00 p.m. : Lunchtime 14
4:00 p.m. : A rainy afternoon 16
7:30 p.m. : Evening 18
11:00 p.m. : Nighttime 20
Glossary 22
Learn More about Cities 23
A Closer Look 24
Index 24
Table of Contents
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THIS IS THE STORY of
a day in a city. All the pictures have exactly the
same view. But each one shows a different time
of day. Lots of things happen during this day.
Can you spot them all?
Some pictures have parts of the walls taken away.
This helps you see inside the buildings.
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Introduction
As you read, look for people who appear
throughout the day. For example, keep your eye on
one of the office workers. He never leaves his desk.
And watch for the burglar wearing a mask. His day
doesn’t turn out the way he planned. Think about
what stories these people might tell about living in a city.
You can follow all the action in the city from morning to night. The
clock on each right-hand page tells you what time it is.
The city is filled with action all day long. Shoppers,
students, and workers come and go. The cats and
dogs in the neighborhood have a busy day too.
There’s always something new to find!
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Can youf i n d . . .
a sleepwalker?
Early in the morning, most people are
asleep. But a few are out and about
already. A dog enjoys chasing two early-
morning runners. The street cleaners areat work. One poor man has been working
in his office all night. Another night worker,
a burglar, is just returning home. He had a
busy night robbing people’s houses.
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6:00 A.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Nighttime
Evening
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Can youf i n d . . .
the burglar?
a newsstand?
Traffic fills the streets. Everyone is on
the move. Men and women travel to work.
Children make their way to school. Two cars
have an accident on the corner. The crash
blocks traffic. Meanwhile, people selling
goods set up tables at the market. Workers
clean up the theater and the museum. A
cleaner at the museum does not notice some
strange things happening behind her back.
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8:00 A.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Evening
Nighttime
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Can youf i n d . . .
an office worker?
a motor scooter?
a break-dancer?
The working day has begun. At school,
the first class is starting. The shops are
open for business. A rehearsal begins at
the theater. The office workers are at theirdesks. Above them, two sculptors are
forming something from gray clay. What
will it be? Outside, the traffic has snarled to
a halt. A truck is towing one of the crashed
cars. Some roadwork has also started.
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9:00 A.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Nighttime
Evening
C
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road repair?
Can youf i n d . . .
an artist?
some balloons?
Prepress:Needs to show 11:00
At midmorning, the city streets are still
busy. People buy food and clothes at the
market. New suits arrive at the clothing
shop. The museum has opened to visitors.
One boy is sure he saw the caveman move.
The road workers have broken open a water
pipe. Water sprays everywhere! The burglar,
meanwhile, gets ready to go to bed.
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11:00 A.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Nighttime
Evening
Can you
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Can you
f i n d . . .
a museum guide?
a motorcycle rider?
a garbage can?
some actors?
Time for lunch! The students are allowed
to leave school. Most of the office workers
take a break. Customers fill the cafe. But
the weather is taking a turn for the worse.
The sky is darkening. The first raindrops
fall. A few people take out their umbrellas.
Suddenly, a thief grabs somebody’s bag
in the market. People chase the thief.
Meanwhile, the burglar is fast asleep.
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1:00 P.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Nighttime
Evening
Can you
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Can youf i n d . . .
a man falling?
an umbrella?
some dancers?
a spider?
a TV cameraman?
Later in the afternoon, the rain is pouring
down. Most people huddle under umbrellas.
But one couple decides to dance! School has
finished for the day. The office workers have
a small party. In the museum, a television
reporter interviews the boy who saw the
caveman move. While the burglar sleeps,
another burglar sneaks into his apartment!
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4:00 P.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Nighttime
Evening
Can you
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yf i n d . . .
a cat?
a streetlight?
some theatergoers?
a skateboarder?
an art class?
It is early evening. The rain has stopped.
People arrive at the theater. They find
their seats and wait for the performance
to start. An art class takes place in theschool. Some children skateboard in the
empty marketplace. Everyone has left the
museum. The exhibits can move freely! The
burglar wakes up to discover his bag of
stolen goods is gone.
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7:30 P.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Nighttime
Evening
Can youf i d
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a bat?
a bicyclist?
a sculpture?
a manwalking his dog?
f i n d . . .
a taxi?
It is late. The play is over. People are on
their way home. Only people walking their
dogs and a few dancing men are still on the
streets. The office worker falls asleep at hisdesk. The sculptors in the apartment above
celebrate. Their whale is finished! One of
the museum workers finally sees the moving
caveman. Some people leaving the theater
catch the burglar. Another busy day in thecity has ended!
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11:00 P.M.
Early morning
Rush hour
The workday begins
Midmorning
Lunchtime
A rainy afternoon
Nighttime
Evening
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Glossary
burglar: a person who breaks into buildings or homes andsteals things
caveman: a human who lived in a cave long, long ago
rehearsal: a practice for a performance
sculptors: people who make sculptures
sculpture: something carved or shaped from clay, stone, metal,wood, or another material
sleepwalker: a person who gets out of bed and walks while sleeping
taxi: a car with a driver whom people pay todrive them where they want to go
theatergoers: people who go to the theater tosee a play or other performance
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Learn More about Cities
Books
Gordon, Sharon. At Home in the City. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2006.
Johnson, Stephen T. Alphabet City. New York: Viking, 1995.
Raschka, Chris. New York Is English, Chattanooga Is Creek. New York: Atheneum Books for
Young Readers, 2005.Rotner, Shelley. Senses in the City. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2008.
Sterling, Kristin. Living in Urban Communities. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 2008.
Websites
City Creator
http://www.citycreator.com/
This site allows you to build your very own city. You choose the roads, buildings, cars,
and people for the city.
Local Legacies: Celebrating Community Roots
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/roots/ac-home.html
Check this site to look for events taking place in a city near you.
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artist, 12
burglar, 5, 6–9, 12–21
car crash, 8–11caveman, 12–13, 16–17, 20–21
museum, 8–9, 12–21
office workers, 5, 6–7, 10–11,
14–17, 20–21
rainstorm, 14–17
roadwork, 10–13
school, 9, 10, 14–18
sculptors, 10–11, 20–21
street cleaners, 6–7theater, 8–9, 10–11, 18–21
thief, 14
traffic, 8–11
Index
A Closer LookThis book has a lot to find. Did you see people who showed up again
and again? Think about what these people did and saw during the year.
If these people kept journals, what would they write? A journal is a book
with blank pages where people write down their thoughts. Have you ever kept
a journal? What did you write about?
Try making a journal for one of the characters in this book. You will need
a pencil and a piece of paper. Choose your character. Give your character a
name. Write the name of the time at the top of the page. Underneath, writeabout the character’s life during that time. Pretend you are the character. What
do you do all day long? Is your life hard or easy? Why? What have you noticed
about the other people in the city? Have you seen anything surprising? What?
Don’t worry if you don’t know how to spell every word. You can ask a parent or
teacher for help if you need to. And be creative!
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Read all the books in the Time Goes By series!
A Day at a Zoo
A Day at an Airport
A Day in a City
A Year at a Construction Site
A Year at a Farm
A Year in a Castle
A Year in the World of Dinosaurs
A Year on a Pirate Ship
Traffic jams, news stands, and theater fans,oh my! Check out eight action-packed scenes to see what happens
during a full day in a busy city. In each picture, the city buzzes with
activity. Peek inside a school, an apartment building, a theater, a
museum, and more. Keep your eye on the clock too. By spendinga whole day in a city, you can watch events unfold from morning
to night.