Author: Hildegarde H. Swift
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.10h x 6.60w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780152045739
Audience: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 7328 / Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
Review Citation(s): PW Notes and Reprints 04/21/2003 pg. 65
Publishers Weekly 04/21/2003
About the Author
HILDEGARDE H. SWIFT (1890-1977) wrote several books for children. Best known for The Railroad to Freedom, which was cited for a Newbery Honor, Ms. Swift spent her life recording the lives of heroic Americans. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge is her most popular picture book.
LYND WARD (1905-1985) illustrated more than two hundred books for children and adults throughout his prolific career. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for his watercolors in
The Biggest Bear, Mr. Ward was also famous for his wood engravings, which are featured in museum collections throughout the United States and abroad.
