Big City, Little You by Sidney Smith Publisher: Twenty-First Century Publishing House

Introduction · · · · · ·
This book tells how to find your way home in a big city from a child's perspective. "I know how it feels to be a little girl in a big city. People ignore you, loud noises scare you, and sometimes you don't know what to do." The book provides some friendly advice to the second person "you" in the first person: don't go down remote alleys; avoid the yard with three big dogs; warm yourself up at the exhaust vent of the dryer...

The picture shows a child walking alone in a busy city. Readers would think that these poetic words are advice from adults to children, until the end when they learn from the picture that the child is actually looking for a lost kitten, hoping it can return home safely... The child's friendly advice to the kitten is like the parents' expectations for their child's growth.