Welcome to Lonnie C. Motion’s World

Welcome to New YorkWelcome to New York

Welcome to Brooklyn, Welcome to Brooklyn, NYNY

Ways to enter Ways to enter Brooklyn…Brooklyn…

Walk over the bridge

Drive a carDrive a car

Ride the busRide the bus

Hop on a subway.Hop on a subway.

Dad’s workDad’s work

Lonnie’s dad worked in the manholes for ConEdison

School kidsSchool kids

Lonnie’s favorite team Lonnie’s favorite team – NY Mets– NY Mets

Brooklyn Brooklyn neighborhoods – mural neighborhoods – mural

projectproject

RooftopsRooftops

Rooftops are good places to get away from the noise of the street and be under the open sky.

Typical houses Typical houses (brownstones) in (brownstones) in

BrooklynBrooklyn

Jacqueline Woodson, Jacqueline Woodson, authorauthor

Where it takes place:In the Bedford Stuyvesant (BedStuy) and Park Slope sections of Brooklyn, NY

Where I wrote it:In Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Why I wrote it:Lonnie’s voice was in my head. The poems started coming and the rest…the rest is this book, I guess.--Jacqueline Woodson, author