This Bridge Will Not Be Gray

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Picture Books of 2015.

The Golden Gate Bridge is the most famous bridge in the world. It is also, not entirely coincidentally, the world's first bright-orange bridge. But it wasn't supposed to be that way.

In this book, fellow bridge-lovers Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols tell the story of how it happened?how a bridge that some people wanted to be red and white, and some people wanted to be yellow and black, and most people wanted simply to be gray, instead became, thanks to the vision and stick-to-itiveness of a few peculiar architects, one of the most memorable man-made objects ever created.

Told with playful paper cut-outs and irresistible prose, This Bridge Will Not Be Gray is a joyful history lesson in picture-book form?a gorgeously crafted story that teaches us how beauty and inspiration tend to come from the most unexpected places. Sometimes you have to fight for what you believe in, even if it's just a color.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: McSweeney's
Published: 11/10/2015
ISBN: 9781940450476
Pages: 104
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.10h x 10.20w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 09/21/2015
PW Best Children's Books 11/02/2015 pg. 46
Booklist 11/15/2015 pg. 39
Shelf Awareness 11/13/2015
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 51
School Library Journal 12/01/2015 pg. 87
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2016

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 177380 / This Bridge Will Not Be Gray
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5