City and Country

by Jody Jensen Shaffer

Adult and child readers will learn all about urban and rural areas together in this new co-reader from National Geographic Kids! Readers will take a tour through cities and rural areas around the world to learn what life is like downtown, in a farm community, in the mountains, and all around. Co-readers are designed to be read aloud together, with one page for the child who is learning to read and the adjacent page for a parent, caregiver, older sibling, buddy, or other more fluent reader.

Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books, Childrens

48 pages, Paperback

Published September 3, 2018

About the author

Jody Jensen Shaffer is an award-winning poet and the author of more than 70 books of fiction and nonfiction for children, including PRUDENCE THE PART-TIME COW, a Missouri Show Me Award finalist for 2019-2020 and Missouri’s choice for the National Book Festival in 2017, A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK, nominee for the 2021-2022 Iowa Goldfinch Award, IT’S YOUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, BUSY BUS!, an Amazon best-seller and Amazon Prime Book Box pick for September 2019, EMERGENCY KITTENS!, WHO IS JACKIE CHAN? and more. Jody’s poetry and fiction have been published in magazines like Highlights, Ladybug, and Clubhouse Jr. Jody lives in Liberty, Missouri, with her family. When she’s not writing, Jody can be found spending time with family and walking her rescue dog, Sophie.

Reviews

[Donna Mork · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good descriptives of city vs county living with a lot of examples of each. Easy for kids to understand and see the similarities and differences and to learn from it.

[jw · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many stereotypes

[Faloni © · Rating 5 out of 5]

🥰❤️🙏 I'm going to be there in a minute. 💰🏃‍♀️🥗✈️