Bookshop With his signature affection for architecture and keen sense of urban space, Caldecott Medalist Floca pays tribute to the frontline workers helping to make New York City run during the pandemic. The book opens on deserted city streets bathed in soft sunshine as two tan-skinned children peer out from behind curtains: âOutside we see the city we know, but not as weâve seen it before.â The streets may seem empty, but thereâs important work being doneâby transit drivers, mail carriers, fire fighters, and health-care workers, among othersâand subsequent spreads celebrate an inclusive array of professionals through a sort of visual synecdoche in which vehicles represent the gloved and masked figures. In one sparsely peopled spread, an array of trucks, bearing images of bagels, fish, and other foods, stand in for those delivering âenough to fill the empty shelves.â In another, a monolithic garbage truck appears alongside âthe peop