https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Patropolis-Diana-Silverman-Ph-D/dp/1535103698
New York stories for children and everyone who loves them!
Winner of the 2017 First Place Purple Dragonfly Book Award in the LGBT Category!
Welcome to a world of exciting literary adventures in New York City, where a dancing bagel, a missing saber tooth and a disappearing Egyptian statue are all part of the magical universe of the one and only Mrs. Patropolis. Join her as she takes her niece and nephew, Ellie and Daniel, to enjoy theaters, museums, gardens...interspecies yoga, an intergenerational choir's African American spiritual, a love celebration ceremony between longtime women partners, the apparition of a very helpful ghost, a vegan lasagna dinner, a couple of underpants-wielding zany dogs, encounters with an alphabet of rescued cats...
1. Mrs. Patropolis and the Ginger Cap...
...wherein Ellie and Daniel receive a little help from a feline friend in a fun scavenger hunt...
...wherein Ellie and Daniel discover a disappearing ancient sculpture...
3. Mrs. Patropolis and the Mystery Gift...
...wherein Ellie, Daniel, Mrs. Patropolis, and Avi, the ginger cat, celebrate Hanukah...
4. Mrs. Patropolis and the New Year's Ghost...
...wherein the children credit the intervention of a supernatural spirit...
5. Mrs. Patropolis and the Search for Halloween Cat...
...wherein Mr. Rashid Katz's little white fuzzy dog, Paco, leads an expedition to seek a special feline...
6. Mrs. Patropolis and the Secret Passageway...
...wherein Mrs. Patropolis, Ellie, Daniel, and their neighbors sing along with a dancing bagel...
7. Mrs. Patropolis and the Night at the Theater...
...wherein an interspecies audience enjoys a singalong to an African American spiritual...
8. Mrs. Patropolis and the Loudest Yoga Lesson...
...wherein our protagonists discover just how funny it can be when a yoga class is rescheduled...
9. Mrs. Patropolis and the Green Garden...
...wherein Natasha, Mike, and their daughters, Aisha and Amina, enlist the help of Mrs. Patropolis, Ellie, and Daniel in rescuing a tabby kitten...
10. Mrs. Patropolis and the Afternoon at the Movies...
...wherein our protagonists attend the hottest new fantasy film forest quest to rescue some war refugees...
11. Mrs. Patropolis and the Long Night of Sir Uzzy Greyspot...
...wherein a madcap gang of museum cats strives to uncover a lost saber tooth...
12. Mrs. Patropolis and the Canopy of Many Colors...
...wherein we learn whether a pack of crayon-wielding kids can save the love celebration ceremony of longtime life partners, Masha and Kasha...
About the author:
Diana C. Silverman, Ph.D., wrote The Adventures of Mrs. Patropolis for dear friends.
