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PreS-Gr 3—Scattered stars and a crescent moon illuminate skyscrapers swathed in the midnight blue of early predawn. Subsequent spreads show the city's earliest risers at work—toiling in a bakery, delivering papers or food, or collecting garbage. As the sky lightens, a school bus picks up its first passengers, workers on a construction site plan an excavation, and a little girl and her family awaken. Each...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Even before the sun rises, the city is waking up. "A newspaper carrier rushes to her last deliveries. Whoosh. Thump. The paper lands on the stoop. / 'Drop that rope!' the captain hollers. Splash. Toot. Toot! The ferry boat starts its morning rounds." The bakery, the diner, morning joggers, delivery and garbage trucks, commuters, and more beg...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Even before the sun rises, the city is waking up. The bakery, joggers, garbage trucks, and more begin their days until listeners fi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More