Nickel, a Trolley, a Treasure House

Growing up on the Lower East Side, Lionel knows only a tiny tenement apartment and a few crowded streets. He scribbles drawings on every available scrap of paper but doesnt think much of themuntil he takes a momentous streetcar journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There, he finds that the world is a wider and more exciting place than he could have imagined. With gentle humor and fondness, Sharon Reiss Baker tells a story based on her own family history. Evocative paintings by Beth Peck help capture both the safe familiarity of home and the glorious liberation of discovering the world beyond it.Peck, Beth is the author of 'Nickel, a Trolley, a Treasure House ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780670059829 and ISBN 067005982X.