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Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building

Book Description


This Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book provides a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It�s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a building straight and simple as a pencil is being built in record time. Hundred... More
Book Information
PublisherSchwartz & Wade
BindingKindle Edition (11 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages48
ISBN-10B009XD0DDO
Publication Date11/28/2012
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About Deborah Hopkinson (Author) : I work full time but I am also a children's author, hoping someday to be able to be a full time writer!
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About James E. Ransome (Illustrator) : James E. Ransome is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of James E. Ransome include Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart, You... more
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