Brooklyn Bridge, 9781665968898
Hardcover
Triumph, tragedy, and technology: the Brooklyn Bridge’s incredible story revealed.

$58.02

  • Hardcover

    40 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2025

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Summary

The Brooklyn Bridge: A Monument of Ingenuity and Tragedy

Award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee’s “wonderful picture book” (School Library Journal) offers a compelling visual history of the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” the Brooklyn Bridge–now with a new look!

“It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a f…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781665968898
ISBN-10:1665968893
Series:Lynn Curlee Wonders of the World
Author:Lynn Curlee
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Simon & Schuster
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:40
Release Date:1 July 2025
Weight:522g
Dimensions:259mm x 287mm x 13mm
About The Author

Lynn Curlee

Lynn Curlee was educated as an art historian and worked as a fine artist for many years before he began to make children’s books. Three of his books, Capital, Liberty, and Rushmore, were chosen by the Barbara Bush Literacy Campaign as their Book of the Year in three consecutive years. Mr. Curlee has won numerous awards for his work, including but not limited to a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book (Brooklyn Bridge), Orbis Pictus Award (Rushmore), ALA Notable Books for Children (Liberty), and Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year (Parthenon). His other books include Ballpark, Trains, Mythological Creatures, and Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. He lives in Norwich, Connecticut, with his partner and two Great Danes.

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