The Bell in the Bridge Format: Hardback-image

The Bell in the Bridge Format: Hardback

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Publication Year: 2016 Intended Audience: Children/juvenile gtin13: 9780763664817 Topic: Action & Adventure / General, Nature & The Natural World / General (See Also Headings under Animals), General, Lifestyles / Country Life, Imagination & Play Item Weight: 11.8 Oz Narrative Type: book Number of Pages: 32 Pages Format: Picture Book ISBN: 9780763664817 Publisher: Candlewick Press Item Width: 7.8 in Item Height: 0.4 in Type: book Illustrator: Yes, Root, Barry Book Title: Bell in the Bridge Author: Ted Kooser Language: English Item Length: 10.6 in Genre: Juvenile Fiction

Description

Is the sound Charlie hears from the bridge an echo, or is someone else out there? A lyrical, resonant story by poet Ted Kooser, splendidly illustrated by Barry Root.

When Charlie visits his hardworking grandparents in the summer, he often is left to himself, and he is lonely. So he goes out to play by the stream, with a tin can for tadpoles, a special weed-whacking stick, and stones to drop from the iron bridge. One day he notices that when he strikes the bridge with a big stone, it rings with a bong like a church bell and echoes into the valley. And sometimes a faint, very distant, different-sounding bong comes back. Is it an echo of an echo? Or could someone else, like him, be ringing another bridge altogether? The Bell in the Bridge reverberates with the mysteries and possibilities of childhood discovery, enhanced by illustrations that echo the warmth and magic of a solo summertime adventure.

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