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Lee Sullivan Hill

Born: 1958, in Hartford, Connecticut
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Hill lives in Clarendon Hills, Illinois - a suburb of Chicago.

Biography: Hill grew up in Massachusetts. In college she majored in engineering, worked as a land surveyor, and interned at a steel mill. After graduation she pursued a career in construction management. Ms. Hill's first book, ''Bridges Connect'', grew out of her fascination with structures. She has published eighteen books on topics such as towers, dams, libraries, tunnels, and monuments.


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Primary Audience(s): Children; Children

Email: hummingrk@aol.com
Website: http://www.scbwi-illinois.org/Hill.html
Lee Sullivan Hill on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=lee+sullivan+hill


Selected Titles

Bridges connect /
ISBN: 1575050218 OCLC: 34323049

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1997.

Introduces different kinds of bridges, their materials, construction, and maintenance.

Canals are water roads /
ISBN: 1575050242 OCLC: 34878758

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1997.

Describes different canals and explains their usefulness.

Dams give us power /
ISBN: 1575050234 OCLC: 34699437

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1997.

Introduces readers to dams, their purposes, and how they may be built.

Earthmovers /
ISBN: 0822506033 OCLC: 48223633

Lerner, Minneapolis : ©2003.

Introduces the parts and functions of different kinds of earthmoving machinery.

  Farms feed the world
ISBN: 9780153524752 OCLC: 801696367

Harcourt School Publishers, [Orlando, Fla.?] : [2007], ©1997.

A simple introduction to the beauty and variety of farms from a wheat field in Montana to the harvesting of seaweed from the ocean.

Farms feed the world /
ISBN: 1575050757 OCLC: 36138336

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, MN : ©1997.

A simple introduction to the beauty and variety of farms from a wheat field in Montana to the harvesting of seaweed from the ocean.

Get around for fun /
ISBN: 1575053128 OCLC: 40256007

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minn : ©1999.

Describes how people choose different ways to use transportation for fun, depending on setting, circumstances, and personal preference.

Get around in air and space /
ISBN: 1575053101 OCLC: 40738882

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©2000.

Explains why people travel in air and space and introduces the various forms of transportation used.

Get around in the city /
ISBN: 1575053071 OCLC: 39195404

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©1999.

An introduction to some of the different ways people get around in cities, from walking and biking to ferry boats and skates.

Get around in the country /
ISBN: 157505308X OCLC: 39523411

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©1999.

Introduces some different modes of transportation used in rural areas, including cars, trucks, bicycles, sleds, ferry boats, and even walking.

Get around on water /
ISBN: 1575053098 OCLC: 41017472

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©2000.

Describes many of the ways people move themselves and goods around on rivers, lakes, canals, and oceans.

Get around with cargo /
ISBN: 157505311X OCLC: 40734873

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minn : 1999.

Briefly describes some of the methods used to move goods from one place to another, including pack animals, barges and other boats, trains, and trucks.

Homes keep us warm /
ISBN: 1575054302 OCLC: 41892127

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©2001.

A simple introduction to the variety and beauty of homes around the world.

Jets
ISBN: 0822515415 OCLC: 53993143

Lerner Publications Co., Minneapolis : ©2005.

Introduces jet planes, how they work, and for what purposes they are used.

Libraries take us far /
ISBN: 1575050722 OCLC: 36824782

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1998.

Surveys all kinds of libraries, from a monastery library full of handmade books to a school media center to a bookmobile.

Monuments help us remember /
ISBN: 1575054752 OCLC: 42772807

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©2001.

Describes different kinds of monuments from around the world while also explaining how and why they were built, how they are preserved, and their importance to one's memory.

Motorcycles /
ISBN: 0822506955 OCLC: 52937660

Lerner Publications Co., Minneapolis : ©2004.

Introduces the parts and functions of different kinds of motorcycles.

Motorcycles on the move
ISBN: 9780761372325 OCLC: 701901279

Lerner Publications Co., Minneapolis, MN : 2011.

Photographs and text show different kinds of motorcycles and how they work.

Parks are to share /
ISBN: 1575050684 OCLC: 36001145

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1997.

Explains what a park is, how and why parks are built or preserved, and why parks are important to us, using examples of different kinds of parks from around the country.

Roads take us home /
ISBN: 1575050226 OCLC: 34354781

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1997.

An introduction to the variety and beauty of American roads, past and present.

Schools help us learn /
ISBN: 1575050927 OCLC: 37400887

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1998.

Introduces various kinds of schools, their size and location, whether attended by children or adults, and the kinds of learning provided in each.

The Flyer flew! :
ISBN: 9780822565291 OCLC: 65431996

Millbrook Press, Minneapolis, MN : ©2006.

Learn about the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane.

The Flyer flew! :
ISBN: 1575058553 OCLC: 56617083

Millbrook Press, Minneapolis, MN : ©2006.

Learn about the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane.

Towers reach high /
ISBN: 1575050366 OCLC: 34894371

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis : ©1997.

An introduction to the variety and beauty of towers, including the purposes they serve.

Trains /
ISBN: 0822506920 OCLC: 48055514

Lerner Publications, Minneapolis : ©2003.

Describes the different cars that make up a train, including those for different kinds of freight and those used by passengers, and explains how trains change directions.

  Trains on the move
ISBN: 9780761372295 OCLC: 701962465

Lerner Publications Co., Minneapolis : 2011.

It rumbles through the city and the countryside. It travels on a track. This train is on the move! What kinds of things do trains carry? And who controls trains? Read this book to find out!

Tunnels go underground /
ISBN: 1575054299 OCLC: 41488707

Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis, Minn. : 2001.

Describes different kinds of tunnels, how they are built, and what they are used for.

 

 

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