Do you honk the car horn when you drive across East 88th Street just in case Lyle the Crocodile forgets to look both ways? We always do.
The speaker for the opening of this year's Rabbit Hill Festival is Leonard Marcus, one of the children's book world's most respected and versatile writers.
One of my all time favorite guidebooks is his Storied City, which contains twenty-one walking tours of New York City based on children's literature. It comes complete with maps, photographs, and book art - and includes directions to Lyle's house.
The Library has many good guides to help you enjoy New York with your children if you want to make your own way around town.
If you want professional help, check out Watson Adventures, an outfit that offers scavenger hunts at various spots around Manhattan. It's the perfect time of the year for The Ghosts of Greenwich Village Family Scavenger Hunt, where kids and adults work together to uncover the stories of creepy places and the ghosts that have haunted them - complete with bats, secret cemeteries and the haunted homes of Edgar Allen Poe and Mark Twain.
Lots of fun.
So is the adults only late night edition!
Comments (2)
If you haven't been on one of these Scavanger Hunts it's totally worth trying out. A great way of bringing any family or team together.
Posted by scavenger hunt | March 9, 2008 11:48 PM
Posted on March 9, 2008 23:48
Great blog, Jane! Lyle is one of my very favorites. I spent years reading the book and showing the video to my family on the slightest provocation.
In Leonard Marcus' book, The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy, Marcus asks intriguing questions and gets fascinating answers from an array of authors.It's a nudge for young teens, who might be considering doing some fantasy writing of their own.There will be copies for sale at the Rabbit Hill event Thursday evening.
Posted by Marta | October 24, 2007 4:22 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 16:22