How Emily Saved the Bridge - The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge

About the author

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.
NATALIE NELSON is an illustrator and author of many books for children. Her most recent titles include Dog's First Baby and Cat's First Baby, published by Quirk Books, and Holiday!, published by Groundwood Books. Her illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and numerous other editorial publications. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two young children. 

Summary

The amazing story of Emily Warren Roebling, the woman who stepped in to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883.

Product details

• Authors: Frieda Wishinsky, Wishinsky Frieda
• Assisted by: Natalie Nelson (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2019
• EAN: 9781773061047
• ISBN: 978-1-77306-104-7
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 273 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Illustrations: full-color illustrations throughout
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Geschichte und Vergangenheit, Children's Books / Ages 9-12 Biography, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Symbols, Monuments, National Parks, etc., JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / General