Washington DC Baby! Read online

  TO EVERY BABY FOR WHOM THE U.S. IS A HOME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE —F. F.

  TO MOM AND DAD, FOR PROVIDING PENCIL AND PAPER —E. R.

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  TEXT BY FEATHER FLORES.

  ILLUSTRATIONS BY EMILY ROBERTS.

  DESIGN BY MARIAM QURAISHI.

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  THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS BOOK WERE RENDERED IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP.

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  good morning, washington, dc!

  let’s go explore! there’s MUCH to see!

  the capitol of the usa

  is where we’ll go to start our day.

  the TUNNELS here run UNDERGROUND!

  such speedy ways to get around!

  this LIBRARY is truly VAST,

  a MASSIVE ARCHIVE of the past!

  ROCK CREEK PARK is right this way . . .

  let’s picnic in the sun today!

  for our next stop, GEORGETOWN’S my pick!

  we’ll stroll along the POTOMAC!

  what fun! let’s go explore THE MALL!

  museums here are FREE TO ALL!

  first up: NATURAL HISTORY,

  so full of awe and mystery!

  the AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM’S great!

  inside, a world of flight awaits!

  rockets, airships, planes, and more . . .

  all of these were built to SOAR!

  it’s time to eat! HALF-SMOKE’S the best!

  do you want yours? i’ll have the rest!

  the CHERRY BLOSSOMS are in bloom!

  their scent is such a sweet PERFUME!

  we’re here before the WHITE HOUSE gate.

  could YOU live here someday?

  JUST WAIT!

  as the sun sets on the HILL,

  this MONUMENT stands tall and still . . .

  a symbol of our HOPE AND PRIDE

  to ALL who come all from far and wide!

  our adventure was a BLAST,

  and now the day is through at last.

  we had such fun, just you and me!

  THANK YOU, WASHINGTON, DC!

  FEATHER FLORES is a children’s book writer and editor who looks for the outdoor green spaces in every city she visits. A Los Angeles native, she now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she’s always on the lookout for her next adventure.

  EMILY ROBERTS is a Baltimore-based illustrator, designer, and jack-of-all-trades. When not drawing or painting, she can be found knitting, sewing, growing tomatoes on her balcony, or tending to her houseplants. Her favorite places to visit in DC are the National Gallery of Art and the Folger Shakespeare Library. This is her first children’s book.

 

 

  Feather Flores, Washington, DC, Baby!

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