Liberty Arrives!

How America's Grandest Statue Found Her Home

Robert Byrd, Robert Byrd

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Penguin Books Canada Ltd
18 June 2019

People & places (Children's&YA)

A deeply informative and gorgeously illustrated look at the Statue of Liberty, from award-winning nonfiction master Robert Byrd.

A deeply informative and gorgeously illustrated look at the Statue of Liberty, from award-winning nonfiction master Robert Byrd.

America's most iconic national symbol was a gift from France to the United States--provided America raised the money for the pedestal on which it was to stand. Urged on by the publisher Joseph Pulitzer, it was raised, largely with the help of children, in the first example of a crowd sourced fund-raising campaign. This book tells the story of the best gift ever- how it was designed, created, transported, and then finally erected on its pedestal in the entrance to New York Harbor. Readable text is enhanced with illustrations chock-full of historical detail in Bob Byrd's lighthearted, witty style.

By: Robert Byrd
Illustrated by: Robert Byrd
Imprint: Penguin Books Canada Ltd
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 311mm, Width: 238mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 482g
ISBN: 9780735230828
ISBN 10: 073523082X
Pages: 40
Publication Date: 18 June 2019
Recommended Age: From 6 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Byrd is a successful commercial artist and children's book illustrator whose award-winning picture books include Jason and the Argonauts, Electric Ben, and Leonardo- Beautiful Dreamer.

Reviews for Liberty Arrives!: How America's Grandest Statue Found Her Home

Spreads include masterly ink-and-watercolor illustrations with details that invite readers to pore over artwork. The author's awestruck writing, featuring punchy, taut sentences, makes for fast-paced reading, as do dramatic page turns, and it emphasizes the grandeur of the enterprise; fascinating, quirky facts abound. . . . A book worthy of the statue herself. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Byrd tells an informative and visually detailed story . . . [A] moving ode to a monument. --Publishers Weekly Excellent art . . . Entertaining and energetic. --Booklist