Golden Gate

Closed, opens at 10amIndependent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Aldea Home & Baby when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

The Golden Gate Bridge, beloved landmark and symbol of San Francisco, finally gets a gorgeous picture book that tells the thrilling story of how it was built! Written by National Book Award finalist and Sibert Medal winner Elizabeth Partridge. Across a treacherous strait where deep ocean waters rip back and forth with the tides, and during the depths of the Great Depression, daring teams of engineers and builders set out to make something many thought impossible. Begun in 1933 and officially ope