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Sky Boys

How They Built the Empire State Building

Deborah Hopkinson James E. Ransome

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English
Dragonfly Books
15 January 2012
The unbeatable team of Deborah Hopkinson and James E. Ransome present a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. Join a young boy as he watches the Empire State Building being constructed from scratch, then travels to the top to look down on all of New York City in 1931. Hopkinson, a master of historical fiction, and Ransome, an award-winning illustrator, dazzle us with this ALA Notable and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book.
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Illustrated by:   James E. Ransome
Imprint:   Dragonfly Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 292mm,  Width: 205mm,  Spine: 4mm
Weight:   215g
ISBN:   9780375865411
ISBN 10:   0375865411
Pages:   48
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Recommended Age:   From 4 to 8 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

DEBORAH HOPKINSON is the author of Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA Notable Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, illustrated by John Hendrix, an ALA Notable Book and a Junior Library Guild Selection. Her most recent book is A Boy Called Dickens. Her many other acclaimed titles include ALA Notable Apples to Oregon, Under the Quilt of Night, and Fannie in the Kitchen. JAMES E. RANSOME is the illustrator of many titles, including Before There Was Mozart: The Story of Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George; Young Pele Soccer's First Star, a finalist for the NAACP Image Awards; Satchel Paige; and Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist. He is also the illustrator of Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and an ALA Notable Book; Creation, which won a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration; and Let My People Go by Patricia C. McKissack, winner of an NAACP Image Award. Visit him at JamesRansome.com

Reviews for Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building

Kirkus Reviews starred review<br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.


  • Nominated for Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award.
  • Nominated for Kentucky Bluegrass Award.
  • Winner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book 2006

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