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Sky boys : how they built the Empire State Building

In 1931, a boy and his father watch as the world's tallest building, the Empire State Building, is constructed, step-by-step, near their Manhattan home.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hopkinson, Deborah
Other Authors:	Ransome, James (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2006.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.) > Design and construction > Juvenile Fiction. Skyscrapers > Juvenile Fiction. Building > Juvenile fiction. New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In 1931, a boy and his father watch as the world's tallest building, the Empire State Building, is constructed, step-by-step, near their Manhattan home.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0375836101 (alk. paper) 9780375836107 (alk. paper) 0375936106 (lib. bdg.) 9780375936104 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Deborah Hopkinson is the author of A Boy Called Dickens and the ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek . Her other titles include Apples to Oregon , Under the Quilt of Night (also illustrated by James E. Ransome), and Fannie in the Kitchen . She lives in Oregon. James E. Ransome is the illustrator of many highly acclaimed titles for children, including The Creation by James Weldon Johnson, which won a Coretta Scott King Award for illustration, and Let My People Go by Patricia McKissack, winner of an NAACP Image Award. His other titles include Major Taylor , Young Pele and Before There Was Mozart , all three written by Lesa Cline-Ransome. He lives in New York.