Heather Lynn Millers manuscript came to me as a charming tale about riding the subway written in verse. At the end of Heather’s manuscript were little facts about subways around the country and the world. I had to figure out where I wanted the subway ride to take place. I did a lot of research about subways around the world, and discovered amazing subways in places like Stockholm and Moscow. Their were too many great systems to choose just one. So I decided to make this book a fantasy journey through subways around the world.
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book
“Smartly conceived, terrifically executed, this is a perfect book to have on hand when the subject is trains.” —Booklist
“Five enthusiastic children of various ethnicities travel subway systems in different regions of the world. After paying their fares and scrambling through the turnstiles, they step on and off the rail cars and become part of the hustle and bustle of their changing underground locations, which include Cairo, Moscow, London, New York City, Washington DC, and Tokyo. The concise text, written in flowing rhymes, moves quickly. Ramá’s colorful digital collage spreads are a perfect match for Miller’s word images. The artistic style has an Ezra Jack Keats quality as it brightly chronicles the children’s travels. . . It’s a worthy purchase.” —School Library Journal