Books by Shirin Yim Bridges and Complete Book Reviews

Mary Wrightly
Mary Wrightly, So Politely
Shirin Yim Bridges, illus. by Maria Monescillo. Harcourt, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-547-34248-1
Are quiet, polite people saps? Our Internet flame-warring, frequently uncivil society seems to suggest that they are. But Bridges’s (Ruby’s Wish) succinct text and Monescillo’s (Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime) gorgeously saturated pastels on...
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RUBY'S WISH
RUBY'S WISH
Shirin Yim Bridges, Author, Sophie Blackall, Illustrator , illus. by Sophie Blackall. Chronicle $15.95 (36p) ISBN 978-0-8118-3490-2
Bridges, in her first book (based on her grandmother's story), handles the conflict between Chinese tradition and young Ruby's longing to attend university with grace and compassion. She sets the scene with a description of "a block of...
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Get Up
Get Up, Elizabeth!
Shirin Yim Bridges, illus. by Alea Marley. Cameron Kids, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-944-90394-7
The Elizabeth of the title is none other than a very young Queen Elizabeth I (still technically a princess in these pages), and any reader who’s been thrust into a stifling party outfit will have built-in empathy as little Bess is roused from her...
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  • Fall 2002 Flying Starts: Shirin Yim Bridges
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