How Little Lori Visited Times Square

This book is right up there with "Where the Wild Things Are" only very funny. It is a brilliant and amusing and adorable children's book that ought to be a classic.I bought a used copy which worked fine with a few niks on the cover. It's worth it to have it though.

One of the best kid books ever. As a new yorker, I buy it for every other child I know. The pacing of this story is brilliant and makes for some hilarious reading.

This book is a classic-nice to see it back in print. The story and illustrations are wonderful, and the hard -bound edition is very nice quality.

Another Maurice Sendak treasure. His illustrations are simply outstanding. A fun children's book but also a must have for Sendak fans!

All Lori wants to do is visit Times Square. He takes a taxi, ferry, helicopter, and other modes of transport, but he always ends up in the wrong location. Someone offers a solution, though. The ending is hilarious.

Almost everyone has a dream now and then when it is impossible to get to where you want to go. In the morning, you may feel more tired than if you had lain awake all night. This book takes that experience, and adds new comic elements to it. Wonderful Maurice Sendak illustrations imaginatively . . . s . . . l . . . o . . . w . . . . . . d . . . o . . . w . . . n . . . . . t . . . h . . . e . . . . . . p . . . a . . . c . . . e."(This is a very funny book and should not be read while drinking orange juice or you will spill it!)" Be sure to heed that warning. I suggest drinking nothing more colorful than water."One day Lori said to himself: 'I want to see Times Square.'"Unfortunately, he doesn't quite know where it is or how to get there. He walked to the subway, but ended up at South Ferry. Then a bus took him to 242nd Street. From there, he was soon expelled from a taxi for lack of funds. The elevated subway took him to Uncle Eddie's home in Queens. The boat went to Staten Island. A helicopter flew him to Idlewild Airport (now Kennedy, having been renamed after this book was first published in 1963). A horse and wagon pulled him to the middle of Central Park. A pony trotted him around in circles. Some sea lions just got him wet. An elevator took him to the 125th floor of Macy's (there is no such floor).He was then crying on the sidewalk, less than 12 blocks from Times Square.A turtle speaks . . . s . . . l . . . o . . . w . . . l . . . y and tries to help. "So Lori got on, and the turtle started crawling (very slowly of course).""AND THIS WAS FOUR MONTHS AGO . . . And nobody has heard from them since . . . ."The best part of the story is after Lori meets the turtle. Each two-page spread is initially accompanied by only one word, to emphasize the turtle's slowness. Mr. Sendak does a great job of showing how Lori's emotions shift as the turtle continues on speaking slowly.On the other hand, much of the rest of the book seems somewhat pointless other than to list that there are lots of ways to get around in New York.A major lesson here is that you need to have both a goal and some idea of how to achieve it. If you don't have a good plan, you had better get a strong partner. This book makes those lessons very well.Where do you lack clear goals and direction to accomplish those goals? Who can help you quickly to reach effectiveness in your pursuit of the goal? How can you attract their assistance?Be sure you're moving in the right direction . . . and at the right pace!

Mr. Vogel was my dad's professor in college, and we'd been looking for a copy of this book for 17 years. Now that I finally got to read it, I like it so much that we're trying to track down the author to sign it. It is very funny, especially if you are familiar with New York City.

I learned a lifetime love of reading from my parents who had the great insight of choosing childrens books for me that treated children with respect. This book is a perfect example of that. It is simple enough for the earliest of readers, yet captivating and enchanting for me then as now.I loved this book as a child, and for years looked for it as an adult. Finally, when my fiance found it and gave it to me as an adult on my birthday (41st!) it brought tears to my eyes. It is that good. Thank you Messrs. Vogel and Sendak.

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