Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building - Deborah Hopkinson

The unbeatable team of Hopkinson and Ransome present a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. An ALA Notable and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book. Full color. 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.