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Crossing the New Bridge
By McCully, Emily Arnold
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39922-618-2
- Publisher
- New York : Putnam's, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1994
PreS-Gr 3 In this "original folktale," an ancient bridge collapses into the river, and the town hires the Jubilattis to build a new one. As the family construction crew sets to work with gusto, an old woman reminds the mayor of the tradition that the first person to cross the bridge must be the happiest in the town. To do otherwise would bring a curse on all of them. The bumbling mayor and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
