Planet Explorers New York City

By Planet Explorers

Explore the planet with Planet Explorers New York City, a travel guidebook written just for kids. This ebook includes everything a tween needs to know about the Big Apple. From fun facts to history, from attraction highlights to maps, Planet Explorers guides have it all. Check out the active hyperlinks throughout--this phone-friendly guide turns the whole world into an awesome, interactive learning experience.

If there’s a trip to New York City in your future, you’re a lucky person. There is so much to see and do in the city, whether you like museums, Broadway shows, music, history, sports, art or shopping. Even if all you do is stay in one place and watch people, you’ll have an amazing time.

Read Planet Explorers New York City to learn a little more about what’s in New York City and why it’s so cool. Check out fun facts about Central Park or The Statue of Liberty and make a plan for what you want to see in the gigantic and awesome American Museum of Natural History. Think about a jaunt to the Brooklyn Bridge or Coney Island...and don’t forget the Bronx Zoo! While you’re in the city, have a delicious bagel at a genuine New York delicatessen or a New York-style slice of pizza and remember—the Big Apple is the city that never sleeps. You'll love it!

Don't miss the other guidebooks in the Planet Explorers series: Planet Explorers Chicago, Planet Explorers Disneyland and Planet Explorers Walt Disney World.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Planet Explorers
• Release date: Aug 19, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466038646

Planet Explorers

Laura Schaefer got her start as a contributor to the University of Wisconsin’s student paper The Daily Cardinal and went on to write regularly for The Princeton Review and Match.com. Laura is the author of The Secret Ingredient (Simon & Schuster 2011), The Teashop Girls (Simon & Schuster 2008), and Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor (Avalon 2005). Laura is also the author and publisher of the Planet Explorers series of travel guidebooks for kids. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Check out Laura's websites: www.teashopgirls.com and http://planetexplorers.webnode.com.

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Planet Explorers

New York City 2012

A Guidebook for Kids

Planet Explorers

Copyright 2012 by Planet Explorers

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

History of New York City

Central Park

American Museum of Natural History

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Times Square

Empire State Building

Grand Central Terminal

Rockefeller Center

St. Patrick's Cathedral

F.A.O. Schwarz

United Nations Headquarters

Sony Wonder Technology Lab

The Museum of Modern Art

New York Public Library

Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

Greenwich Village

Little Italy

Children's Museum of Manhattan

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

South Street Seaport

Brooklyn Bridge

Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

New York Aquarium and Coney Island

Bronx Zoo

New York Hall of Science

Famous New York City Buildings

Other Notable New York Places

Cool Spots to Shop

Helpful New York City Websites

Born in New York City

New York in the Movies

New York From Above

Test Your New York City Knowledge

Planet Explorers Travel Tips

A Note from the Publisher

Introduction

Start spreading the news. I’m leaving today. I want to be a part of it...New York, New York!

If there’s a trip to New York City in your future, you’re a lucky person. There is so much to see and do in the city, whether you like museums, Broadway shows, music, history, sports, art or shopping. Even if all you do is stay in one place and watch people, you’ll have an amazing time.

Read these pages to learn a little more about what’s in New York City and why it’s so cool. Check out fun facts about Central Park or The Statue of Liberty and make a plan for what you want to see in the gigantic and awesome American Museum of Natural History. Think about a jaunt to the Brooklyn Bridge or Coney Island...and don’t forget the Bronx Zoo! While you’re in the city, have a delicious bagel at a genuine New York delicatessen or a New York-style slice of pizza and remember—the Big Apple is the city that never sleeps. You'll love it!

The History of New York City

1524 The land that became New York City was inhabited by Lenape Native Americans when it was discovered by European Giovanni da Verrazzano of Florence.

1614 A Dutch fur trading settlement was founded. It was soon called New Amsterdam.

1626 Dutch colonial governor Peter Minuit bought the land of Manhattan from the Lenape for 60 guilders,