This is a beginning picture book for young kids.

This is sort of like having a bland cup of tea. It is still tea, but it could have been stronger.

Yes, kids need these simple, but this is stripping all the <em>joi de vivre</em> out of San Francisco. What an odd illustration for Lombard Street, drawn from above, leaving out the views, and the houses, and well just about everything, but the winding road..

Even the Castro looks bland, and it is one of the brightest and funnest part of San Francisco.

A good introduction, but this could have been done with more detailed illustrious. Just because it is a book for kids doesn't mean you have to be so bland.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

The concept is great and I suspect from the e-arc provided by NetGalley that the finished board book is adorably done. But, the problem for me was the content. I realize it's hard to capture a vibrant city like Austin, Boston, Chicago or San Francisco into a few pages, but if that's what D.K. Publishing says it will deliver, than this effort falls far short of the promise.

My own daughter was bored with these. Not liking the art, too simplistic and computer generated (blobby black stick figures for people), and the narration was too blah. The word choice didn't paint a picture to draw us in and experience the city, such as explaining the sea lion barks at Pier 39. It also missed an opportunity to describe local food so we can taste the city -- sourdough with chowder and cracked Dungeness crab at Fisherman's Wharf, dim sum in Chinatown, etc.

I was excited by this series, but the product doesn't match my love for these cities. No desire to purchase Little Cities. There are better kid versions out there with my charm.

This title is part of a series on the attractions of some well-known cities.  It is a board book for young children.


San Francisco:  The Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Alcatraz and more!  All can be found in this book as can other well-known places like crooked Lombard Street and the Castro.  Planning a trip?  Want to enlarge a little one's world?  If yes, give this book with its bold illustrations a look.


Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title in exchange for an honest review.

Little Cities: San Francisco is a great resource to teach young ones about the city of San Francisco.

This book is simplistic: the kind of thing I would expect a young child to make for a geography project. That being said, the pictures are fantastic and better than what I'd ever expect from a child.

There's little maps, pretty pictures and small explanations of events and things around San Francisco.

I think it's a great resource for young learners and would recommend picking it up for your kindergartners!

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and DK Publishing for sending me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and DK Books for an advance reader’s copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is an adorable book to share with kids to show them the top spots to visit and see in San Francisco, Having been there a long time ago, it definitely jogged my memory too!

It includes a map of the US showing the location of the city, a cool map of the city showing where the main sites are in the city and pages of beautiful illustrations of the Golden Gate Bridge and other sites with little tidbits of information for young children.

I really didn't love this book. The illustrations are bland and content is boring. Thank you to Netgalley for this digital review copy.

A super cute introduction to the diverse city of San Francisco for young children! It introduces the most popular sites of the city, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, and the Castro district. Sites and history are presented in a simplistic way. I would recommend this book for elementary aged children.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

A nice book for families who love San Francisco or are preparing to visit. The book has lovely illustrations and highlights some of San Francisco's most iconic places.

San Francisco is one of my favorite cities! I thought this was a cute way to get children involved with learning about new cities and landmarks. Thank you for the copy netgalley and the publisher!

I absolutely loved these "Little Cities" books, that are geared towards kids and teaching them about some of the landmarks in the city.  I had previously read 3 - of cities I had visited.  This is the first one of a city I have not yet visited, but is very high on my bucket list!

This book features San Francisco - Golden Gate Bridge! Fisherman's Wharf! Alcatraz! And more!   A fun way to introduce your child to new cities.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review, I was not otherwise compensated.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I am loving this new DK series on big cities in the United States. This new one in San Francisco talks about the different things you can do in the city and the foods that you would find there and other interesting facts.

This was a cute read with bright and colorful illustrations. San Francisco is one of my favorite cities, so I was excited to read this one. I was a little disappointed by the lack of detail and the abrupt end to the book.

This is a very short, very generic book about San Francisco for young children. The illustrations are simple color ones and very little of San Francisco seems reflected in the pages. Each spread features a different feature that SF is known for -- cable cars, the golden gate bridge, the golden gate park, Fisherman's Wharf, Lombard Street, etc.

I loved visiting San Francisco as a child when we lived in California and I was excited to see this book to share a bit of the city with my kids. It honestly didn't really feel or look like SF to me, though, even though it named famous places and features. I have vivid memories of the look and smells of Fisherman's Wharf, riding on cable cars, and of my mother picking up her new Subaru in San Francisco to drive it home. She had ordered an automatic since it was a thousand dollars cheaper and learned to drive stick shift just to get it, but it was terrifying when she had to drive in heavy traffic on the incredibly steep streets with her new shifting capabilities. :) None of this book reminds me of that city even as it mentions the same features. The illustrations are so generic with black stick figures and simple shapes. It has the facts, but the not the spirit of the city I loved so much.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

<b>4 out of 5 🌟Toddler's city guide</b>

<i>‘Little Cities’</i> is a series of board books for the youngest readers about the major US cities. The books focus on the main tourist attractions and landmarks. Illustrations are informative but simple, and they remind me of infographics in educational pamphlets.

The ‘San Francisco’ book is brief but full of knowledge that fitted into only ten pages. It tells about the most famous city sites and day trips one cannot miss when visiting the city. This volume doesn't include the page about food like the other books from the series.

Overall, it’s a good work to engage children's curiosity about the city before and during the trip.

<i>Many thanks to the publisher DK and NetGalley for the digital ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.</i>