What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
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SOLVED: Children's/YA > SOLVED. Old Children's Picture Book about the Brooklyn (?) Bridge. [s]

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message 1: by Morgan Reardon (last edited Nov 16, 2022 05:06PM) (new)

Morgan Reardon | 3 comments My coworker said he first read this old picture book about a bridge in the 1980s as a child, so it has to have been published before 1990. He remembers there being a bridge on the cover and the pictures inside the book being black and white. It had numerous descriptions of the bridge (perhaps the Brooklyn Bridge) being built with tall skyscrapers in the background in some pictures. It is a picture book and he said he thinks it was already old when he read it, perhaps published around the 1960s but he can't be certain. It also might be narrated from the bridge's point of view. He has been searching for this book for 30 years, any help is appreciated!


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bookel | 4026 comments Rule this out first ... then try worldcat.org. Use a year range, keyword bridge and check page numbers in details. Juvenile fiction, print book in filters.

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Grey Bridge
by Hildegarde H. Swift
https://www.librarything.com/work/162...


message 3: by Morgan Reardon (new)

Morgan Reardon | 3 comments This was the book!! Thank you so much!! My coworker jumped around the library when he saw the cover!


message 4: by bookel (last edited Nov 17, 2022 02:16PM) (new)

bookel | 4026 comments Yay that's great! I've read it but couldn't recall if the bridge had a POV. Enjoy!
The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge


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bookel | 4026 comments https://openlibrary.org/works/OL12926...
Free to borrow on openlibrary.


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