We Share This Neighborhood: A Community Book

A rhyming, heartfelt celebration of neighborhood communities and the vital role they play in young children's lives.

This formative board book is an appreciation of neighborhood communities and the many ways in which they help develop empathy, compassion, and collective responsibility. Through a handful of specific yet universal scenarios, set in four different kinds of communities (suburban, urban, rural, and manufactured home), young readers will understand what it means to be a part of a neighborhood community and celebrate how to share with and care for one another.

Author: Dan Saks
Publisher: Rise X Penguin Workshop
Published: 08/20/2024
Pages: 26
Binding Type: Board Book
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 6.53h x 6.40w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780593658277
Audience: Baby-Preschool


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 07/01/2024 pg. 55

About the Author
Dan Saks is an author, musician, and music educator specializing in early childhood education. He has lived and taught in New York City, Mexico City, and Switzerland and has traveled the world as a performing musician. He has published three books for children, centered around the theme of family. He currently lives with his wife and two daughters in Brooklyn, New York, where he produces Noodle Loaf, a popular music education podcast for kids with over one million downloads. A Top 10 Apple Podcast in Music Education for Kids, Noodle Loaf builds on the fundamentals of music through play and the exploration of musical genres and silly sounds... lots of silly sounds.

Brooke Smart is an illustrator based in Sandy, Utah, where she spends her days gathering ideas for stories and her nights telling those stories with her pen and paintbrush, inspired by her children. Brooke earned a BFA in Illustration from Brigham Young University and started her artistic career as a fine artist. She loves working with traditional media, especially with watercolor, gouache, and on occasion, acrylic paint. Her work appears in children's magazines, children's books, but also on cards and other learning materials. She lives with her husband and three children.