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Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
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Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building Paperback - 2012

by Hopkinson, Deborah

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The unbeatable team of Hopkinson and Ransome present a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. An ALA Notable and a "Boston Globe-Horn Book" Honor Book. Full color.

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Dragonfly Books. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
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  • Title Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
  • Author Hopkinson, Deborah
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dragonfly Books
  • Date 2012-01-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # D12L-00100
  • ISBN 9780375865411 / 0375865411
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.2 x 7.8 x 0.1 in (28.45 x 19.81 x 0.25 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 770
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects New York (N.Y.) - Buildings, structures, etc, New York (N.Y.) - History - 1898-1951
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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DEBORAH HOPKINSON is the author of Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA Notable Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, illustrated by John Hendrix, an ALA Notable Book and a Junior Library Guild Selection. Her most recent book is A Boy Called Dickens. Her many other acclaimed titles include ALA Notable Apples to Oregon, Under the Quilt of Night, and Fannie in the Kitchen.

JAMES E. RANSOME is the illustrator of many titles, including Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George; Young Pelé: Soccer's First Star, a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards; Satchel Paige; and Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist. He is also the illustrator of Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and an ALA Notable Book; Creation, which won a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration; and Let My People Go by Patricia C. McKissack, winner of an NAACP Image Award. Visit him at JamesRansome.com

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About the author

DEBORAH HOPKINSON is the author of Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA Notable Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, illustrated by John Hendrix, an ALA Notable Book and a Junior Library Guild Selection. Her most recent book is A Boy Called Dickens. Her many other acclaimed titles include ALA Notable Apples to Oregon, Under the Quilt of Night, and Fannie in the Kitchen.

JAMES E. RANSOME is the illustrator of many titles, including Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George; Young Pel Soccer's First Star, a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards; Satchel Paige; and Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist. He is also the illustrator of Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and an ALA Notable Book; Creation, which won a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration; and Let My People Go by Patricia C. McKissack, winner of an NAACP Image Award. Visit him at JamesRansome.com