Building a Bridge

by JoAnn Early Macken

"Simple text and photographs present the construction of a bridge, including information on the workers and equipment needed"--Provided by publisher.

Genres: Nonfiction, Construction

24 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

JoAnn Early Macken is the author of six picture books, including Grow, Baby Says “Moo!”, Waiting Out the Storm, and Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move, and more than one hundred educational books for children. Her poems appear in many children’s magazines and anthologies, including Hop to It! Poems to Get You Moving and the Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations. Her poetry instruction guide Write a Poem Step by Step is based on her workshops.

JoAnn earned her M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has taught graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education writing courses at four Wisconsin colleges. She presents writing workshops for writers of all ages.

JoAnn lives in Shorewood, Wisconsin. Visit her web site at www.joannmacken.com.

Reviews

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series of books are very nice for children to understand the consept of building and construction. Written on their level but still with true to life words pertaining to building. In the back is a glossary. Nice series of books.

[Miss Pippi the Librarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy non-fiction story about building a bridge. Large pictures of bridges on one side and two or three sentences on the other. Great for large groups or individual exploration.

Theme: bridges
Additional themes: construction, water/rivers


Reviewed from a library copy.

[Kimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book that showed the planning and the construction of a bridge and the beautiful results when a bridge is completed. It was written in a simple and understandable way, it had beautiful pictures, and held the attention of my 5 year old well.

[Donna Bausch]

Children will enjoy this book as they learn about how bridges are built and what needs to be addressed prior to building. Easy to understand as there are few sentences on each page and nice pictures for them to comprehend the sentences along with vocabulary words pointed out in the pictures.

[Landon · Rating 4 out of 5]

1st reading 1/11/2014