The books listed are a sampling of the titles available. Ask your Children's Librarian for further suggestions and tell us which are your favorites.
ABCDrive! -
A car trip takes one boy and his mother past many familiar City sights.
jPS HOWL 
Barrio: José’s neighborhood-
Eight-year-old José explores the cultural life of his Mission District neighborhood. Also available in Spanish.
j979.461 ANCO 
The cable car and the dragon-
The late, great San Francisco columnist’s only book for children brings together San Francisco favorites – fog, a cable car, and the Chinese New Year parade.
jPS CAEN - The City by the Bay: a magical journey around San Francisco
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Tour San Francisco’s varied neighborhoods and famous landmarks via colorfully whimsical collage art. Also available in Japanese.
j917.9461 KLEV 
Celebrating Hanukkah-
The daughter of a local rabbi, 11-year-old Leora describes how and why her family observes this Jewish holiday.
j296.435 HOYT 
Dancers in the garden-
Imagine yourself as a hummingbird at the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park.
jPS RYDE 
Earthquake-
The 1906 earthquake and fire force a Chinese American girl and her family to temporarily move from Chinatown to Golden Gate Park.
jPS Lee 
Goodnight San Francisco-
For the youngest listeners, the City is presented throughout a day of sightseeing.
jBOARD 
Hannah is my name-
Based on her own childhood, the author tells about coming to San Francisco from Taiwan and anxiously awaiting the green cards that would make it legal for her parents to work.
jPS YANG 
He's got the whole world in his hands-
The well-known spiritual is set visually in San Francisco.
jPS NELS 
Humphrey, the lost whale: a true story-
Citizens unite to attempt rescue of the humpback whale that swims into San Francisco Bay by mistake. Also available in Japanese. .
jPS TOKU 
Journey around San Francisco from A to Z-
Brief alliterative sentences introduce this diverse city, while further details of sights and history are provided in accompanying text and detailed watercolor paintings.
j979.461 ZSCH 
Lakas and Makibaka Hotel-
A Filipino boy helps organize a protest against the demolition of a hotel in his neighborhood. Bilingual English-Tagalog. Also: Lakas and the Manilatown Fish.
FILIPINO jPS ROBL - Maybelle the cable car
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San Francisco successfully fights to save its beloved cable car in this reissue of a classic picture story. Also available in Japanese.
jPS BURT - Meet my grandmother: she’s a United States Senator
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Former mayor and U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein lives a busy life according to her enthusiastic 6-year-old granddaughter.
jPS FEIN 
Nate the great, San Francisco dectective-
The famed boy detective and his dog solve yet another case, the first away from home.
jPS SHAR 
Nim and the war effort-
A young girl works hard to win her school’s newspaper drive and to show the class bully that she is an American too. Set in Chinatown during World War II. Also: Landed.
jPS LEE 
Our community garden-
A young girl and her friends participate in their San Francisco neighborhood garden and reap the rewards of a successful vegetable harvest.
jPS POLL 
Pop's bridge-
Robert’s pride shines through as he describes his father’s work as a “skywalker” building the Golden Gate Bridge.
jPS BUNT 
Saint Francis-
Elegantly illustrated life story of the patron saint of animals and the environment, after whom the city is named.
jPS WILD 
San Francisco's famous sea lions-
Learn about a colony’s relocation to Pier 39 from Seal Rock following the 1989 earthquake.
jPS SHEH 
Stella & Roy-
Who will win the bike race around Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake, the speedy Stella or her slow-but-steady younger brother?
jPS WOLF 
Xochitl and the flowers-
A girl from El Salvador tells the inspiring story of her family’s backyard flower business in the Mission. Bilingual Spanish-English.
SPANISH jPS ARGU
