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24 pp.
| Holiday |
January, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-8234-1340-3
(3)
K-3
Vibrant computer graphics use realism, perspective, and atmosphere to create spare yet scenic depictions of a variety of bridges (a fox leaps across a felled tree to demonstrate the first wooden bridge; a plane hovers just above a one-thousand-foot suspension bridge to indicate its size and height). The text manages to convey the facts about bridges in a simple, straightforward tone.