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Small but Mighty

The LIttle Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by HIldegarde H. Swift, Lynd Ward (illustrator)

February 3, 2019 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Until a few years ago I didn’t know that this book from 1942 existed, and once I did, I still didn’t quite grasp where it was set, which little red lighthouse and great gray bridge it was talking about. How silly I felt when I was flipping through this one after a long day to discover that it is set along the Hudson River and the great gray bridge is the George Washington bridge which I drive over several times a year. In some ways […]

Filed Under: Children's Books Tagged With: children's book, faintingviolet, Hildegarde H. Swift, Little Red Lighthouse, Lynd Ward, read harder challenge, reading women

faintingviolet's CBR11 Review No:6 · Genres: Children's Books · Tags: children's book, faintingviolet, Hildegarde H. Swift, Little Red Lighthouse, Lynd Ward, read harder challenge, reading women ·
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