Zohran Walks New York

This love letter to New York City shows Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani walking through all five boroughs and celebrating the people and places that make it great. Zohran Mamdani has walked through the streets of New York City since he was a child, and at every crosswalk, there’s something new to celebrate. From a Mets game at Citi Field to a polar bear plunge at Coney Island, the city is filled with adventures waiting to be had. This joyful picture book for ages 4–8 is inspired by his noted thirteen-mile mayoral campaign walk. "This playful picture book debut from Von Platen takes inspiration from the 13-mile summer 2025 Manhattan campaign walk of mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. As thin-lined, bold-hued illustrations nod to the look of Mamdani’s much-buzzed-about political poster design—a palette that draws from New York City’s visual culture of bodega signs and yellow cabs—the subject affably strolls, cheers, and occasionally boogies through the city, wearing the same slightly rumpled black