The Bell in the Bridge (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763664817)

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.

Author: Ted Kooser
ISBN-10: 0763664812
ISBN-13: 9780763664817
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2016
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 10.30h x 7.60w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2016
Publishers Weekly 03/07/2016
Booklist 04/15/2016 pg. 53
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 42 - Recommended, Satisfactory