A riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a building straight and simple as a pencil is being built in record time. Hundreds of men are leveling, shoveling, hauling. They’re hoisting 60,000 tons of steel, stacking 10 million bricks, eating lunch in the clouds. And when they cut ribbon and the crowds rush in, the boy and his father will be among the first to zoom up to the top of the tallest building in the world and see all of Manhattan spread at their feet.
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards Honor — Picture Book
- ALA Notable Books for Children 2007
- Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master List nominee, 2008-09
- Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choices 2007, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Delaware Diamond State Reading Association 2007–2008
- Illinois Bluestem Award 2010-11
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List (K‑2 category) 2007–2008
- Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award Master List, Primary Category 2007-08
- Show Me Readers Award Program preliminary list