Bridges (True Books: Buildings and Structures) [Library Binding]

Elaine Landau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001 | Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up | Series: True Books: Buildings and Structures

Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

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About the Author

Elaine Landau is the author of several nonfiction books for children.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Children's Press (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0516221825
• ISBN-13: 978-0516221823
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #375,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #86 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Crafts & Music > Architecture

More About the Author

I'm a children's book author and writing coach who loves both children and books. I've never been much of a fiction fan, I've spent my time both reading and writing nonfiction. I live in tropical Miami with my husband and son who are nonfiction lovers as well.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Introduction to Ponting, October 8, 2008

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This review is from: Bridges (True Books : Buildings and Structures) (Paperback)

I believe this is well suited to the middle school level; those who can pronounce the words and consider the subject.
I will present this to my grandchildren who are now ready to be converted into "pontists" (French for "bridgers"-those who will seek out bridges on their journeys, and are avid collectors of bridge books, albums, post cards, articles from periodicals, texts, etc.) No crayoning or food dropping allowed or dragging around like Linus's blanket.
At the very least pontists will go miles out of their way to view and often photograph bridges of all sorts; in the US alone, in addition to the famous bridges of the Hudson River Valley and New York area, one should see the high arches of the New River Gorge in West Virginia, the Navajo Bridge in New Mexico, the Pecos bridge in Texas, the Golden Gate and the Bay bridges, and other west coast bridges including the Bixby Bridge, a concrete arch on the Coastal Highway just south of Monterey, near the Hearst Castle; often photographed for auto commercials.
And Finally Portland, Oregon ands Seattle-the Cities of Bridges, and the great Mackinac bridge of Michigan.
Add the Canadian bridges over the St. Lawrence, and you will have years of traveling before you.
And to think the whole thing started for me with David Plowden's mighty work,Bridges: The Spans of North America back in the seventies.