About this item
Bridges and tunnels are lifelines. People have tackled seemingly insurmountable obstacles, including vast canyons and mountain ranges, to design and construct these amazing passageways. Bridges and Tunnels: Investigate Feats of Engineering invites children ages 9 and up to explore the innovation and physical science behind structures our world depends on. Trivia and fun facts illustrate engineering ingenuity and achievements. Activities and projects encourage children to learn about the engineering process and to embrace trial and error.
About the Author
Donna Latham is an award-winning author and playwright. She's made up stuff, acted it out, and written it down forever.
Bridges and Tunnels received a Gold Medal from Moonbeam Children's Book Awards and was recommended by the National Science Teachers Association.
Garbage received the Society of Midland Author's Children's Nonfiction Award, Skipping Stones Honor Award in Ecology and Nature, and was recommended by the National Science Teachers Association. It was a Cybils Award Nominee in MG/YA Nonfiction and was included on the Tinlids Best Fall 2011 list.
Fire Dogs was awarded the ASPCA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award.
Donna's numerous plays for adults and young audiences have been produced coast to coast. And We Will Share the Sky was the winner of the Theatre for Young Audiences national playwriting contest. Learn more at www.donnalatham.com.
