The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge Restored Edition [Paperback]

Lighting up readers' hearts and imaginations since it was first published in 1942.

Now in paperback, the restored classic about a very proud lighthouse and the bridge that looms above it.

Lynd Ward's magnificent drawings have a fine sweep and power; at the same time they are drawn with real understanding of childhood. --The New York Times

There is just enough humanizing in the pictures . . . to maintain the human spirit of the story and lead to its message: 'Each to his own place, little brother.' --New York Herald Tribune

HILDEGARDE H. SWIFT(1890-1977) wrote several books for children. Best known forThe Railroad to Freedom,which was cited for a Newbery Honor, Ms. Swift spent her life recording the lives of heroic Americans.The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridgeis her most popular picture book.

LYND WARD(1905-1985) illustrated more than two hundred books for children and adults throughout his prolific career. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for his watercolors inThe Biggest Bear,Mr. Ward was also famous for his wood engravings, which are featured in museum collections throughout the United States and abroad.