Book Description
for The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Giulio Maestro and Betsy Maestro
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Dynamic pen and ink watercolor paintings give visual information for young readers studying or planning to visit the Statue of Liberty. A handsome picture book format succeeds as a vehicle for a brief history of the Statue. Material at the end of the book includes a chronology, Statue statistics, important people, interesting facts, a summary of restoration work and the full text of Emma Lazarus' poem. (Ages 4-9)
CCBC Choices 1986. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1986. Used with permission.