I’m so pleased to see this book finally out in the world. My City Speaks is the third book I’ve illustrated in this special series authored by Darren Lebeuf and published by Kids Can Press. (My Forest is Green and My Ocean is Blue came out in previous years.)

The story follows a little girl and her father as they make their way across town to a special event in the park. Along the way, the two make space and time to enjoy everything their city has to offer, such as taking the rumbling subway, watering their allotment garden, and grabbing an ice cream. The poetic text describes what the city sounds and feels like to the little girl, who happens to be blind and carries a cane.

My Forest is Green, My Ocean is Blue, My City Speaks

My Forest is Green, My Ocean is Blue and My City Speaks are all part of the same picture book series published by Kids Can Press, illustrated by Ashley Barron and written by Darren Lebeuf.

Putting on Shoes

The little girl from the book, My City Speaks, is putting on her shoes to get ready for a day out in the city with her father.

My City Plays

Page from My City Speaks. A dog jumps up for a frisbee, and a little girl with a can walks by a dog walker picking up dog poop. Illustrations are made with paper collage.

My City Speaks Subway Illustration

A diverse crowd of people riding in a subway car, from the picture book, My City Speaks, published by Kids Can Press, written by Darren Lebeuf and illustrated by Ashley Barron.

Sometimes it's smelly

Open page from My City Speaks. A girl carrying a cane walks by a smelly garbage bin with a racoon peeking out of it.