Sky Boys · How They Built the Empire State Building [Uncorrected]
- Authors
- Hopkinson, Deborah
- Publisher
- Dragonfly Books
- Tags
- art & architecture , skyscrapers -- juvenile fiction , n.y.) -- design and construction -- juvenile fiction , juvenile fiction , general , empire state building (new york , new york (n.y.) -- history -- 1898-1951 -- juvenile fiction , united states , childrens , 20th century , building -- juvenile fiction , historical
- ISBN
- 9780375865411
- Date
- 2004-01-04T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.33 MB
- Lang
- en
The unbeatable team of Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome present a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. Join a young boy as he watches the Empire State Building being constructed from scratch, then travels to the top to look down on all of New York City in 1931. Hopkinson, a master of historical fiction, and Ransome, an award-winning illustrator, dazzle us with this ALA Notable and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.