Frieda Wishinsky

How Emily Saved the Bridge

The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
Illustrator: Nelson, Natalie

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The amazing story of the woman who stepped in to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883. Includes fascinating facts about the Brooklyn Bridge and a further reading list. Full color.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Groundwood Books
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 276mm x 235mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781773061047
• ISBN-10: 1773061046
• Artikelnr.: 53021143

Autorenporträt

FRIEDA WISHINSKY is the award-winning author of more than eighty books ¿ including picture books, novels and nonfiction ¿ which have been translated into many languages. Each One Special, illustrated by Werner Zimmerman, was nominated for a Governor General¿s Literary Award, and Please, Louise! illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay, won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. More recently, Frieda has written the novel A Flower is a Friend, illustrated by Karen Patkau, and How to Become an Accidental Entrepreneur with Elizabeth MacLeod. Frieda grew up in Manhattan and has always loved crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. She now lives in Toronto, Ontario.