Hesse, Karen

Brooklyn Bridge. - New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends, 2008. - 229

In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.

978-0-312-37886-8


Coming of Age - Fiction
Family life - New York - Fiction