Explore the amazing world of bridges and discover how they connect us all!

Children’s and Young Adult

Bridges span valleys and speed up transport—and they look good too! So does this ingenious publication, which aims not only to provide information about bridge design, construction and history, but first and foremost to spark the reader’s interest in this amazing invention. This striking, large-format book presents bridge records (you’d expect the highest and the longest, but there’s also the most photographed bridge, and the bridge built from the largest number of bricks), gives detailed explanations of how bridges are built and maintained, and concludes with the role assigned to them by various artistic disciplines, and how they have influenced world history. This is clearly explained in words and, particularly, in pictures, which are detailed or schematic, referentially accurate or playfully flowing, and occasionally even presented as comic-strips, as the context requires. There was space in the album for a fun game: the labyrinth in Venice awaits readers who wish to try out their construction skills by building a bridge from spaghetti. Travellers, too, can use the list of bridges to record the ones they have seen. Where will you go next?

Age 9+