Based on a popular song adapted by singer-songwriter Johnette Downing and illustrated by Deborah Ousley Kadair, the children's picture book Today is Monday in New York rhythmically takes young readers through a culinary calendar, describing a uniquely New York meal for each day of the week. On Monday there are upstate apples, on Wednesday there are Buffalo wings, on Saturday there is New York pizza, and so the story goes. Lucky children will also feast on culinary history with a Word Menu that explains each dish's significance to the state. Bright collage-style illustrations accompany this playful "singable" book.
Today is Monday in New York is part of a Today is Monday series by Downing and Kadair for Louisiana, Texas and Kentucky. The song for this book is on Downing's "Reading Rocks!" album for children here, and the accompanying book/music video will be on streaming services soon.