Books with author Katie Burke

Rural areas cover 97 percent of the United States―yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the millions of children who populate our nation’s cities?In Urban Playground, Katie Burke interviews fifty children, ages five to nine, who live in San Francisco. In each conversation, she explores one of ten different themes―family, school, pets, vacation, work, heroes, holidays, favorite foods, talents, and sports―followed by insights on the topic. She rounds out each segment with five questions for adults and kids to discuss after they’ve read it together, encouraging open, honest dialogue about young readers’ thoughts on the subject matter at hand. Future books in the series will expand into other major U.S. cities. Fun, accessible, and interactive, Urban Playground is an important window into the ways children in cities think about and describe the most important aspects of their lives―which is every aspect of their lives!

Rural areas cover 97 percent of the United States—yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the millions of children who populate our nation’s cities?In Urban Playground, Katie Burke interviews fifty children, ages five to nine, who live in San Francisco. In each conversation, she explores one of ten different themes—family, school, pets, vacation, work, heroes, holidays, favorite foods, talents, and sports—followed by insights on the topic. She rounds out each segment with five questions for adults and kids to discuss after they’ve read it together, encouraging open, honest dialogue about young readers’ thoughts on the subject matter at hand. Future books in the series will expand into other major U.S. cities. Fun, accessible, and interactive, Urban Playground is an important window into the ways children in cities think about and describe the most important aspects of their lives—which is every aspect of their lives!

All Dee wants is to feel needed.Instead she feels cursed.Cursed by her mum leaving, her ex-boyfriend cheating and her dad’s drinking. When Dee and her dad move to Lyme Regis she feels she might have a chance to start again.That’s when she meets Nick.Nick wants to teach Dee how to love again. How to conquer her fears.But, when Dee’s past starts to haunt the present she’s building with Nick things begin to fall apart.Will the love they have for each other be kept underground and ignored? Or will they find their way back to each other and rekindle their spark?

All Dee wants is to feel needed. Instead she feels cursed. Cursed by her mum leaving, her ex-boyfriend cheating and her dad's drinking. When Dee and her dad move to Lyme Regis she feels she might have a chance to start again. That's when she meets Nick. Nick wants to teach Dee how to love again. How to conquer her fears. But, when Dee's past starts to haunt the present she's building with Nick things begin to fall apart. Will the love they have for each other be kept underground and ignored? Or will they find their way back to each other and rekindle their spark?