Parks for people
By: Eleanor Ripp
Contributors: Newbridge Educational Publishing
Series: Newbridge discovery links. [Intermediate+ level], set BB, nonfiction guided reading; Newbridge discovery links
Publisher: Newbridge Educational Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781400736775
Subjects: Landscape architecture; Readers (Elementary); Juvenile literature; Parks; History
Description: The story of Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture, who conceived the ideas for New York's Central Park and Yosemite National Park, as well as designing suburbs for major American cities.
Notes: Includes website references (page 32) and index.

"Guided reading level R"--Title page verso.

"Grades 3 to 5+"--Publisher's website.
Table of contents: title: Wonderful idea; title: Backyard for big city; title: National park for America; title: Living outside the city; title: Designing the outdoors; title: Glossary; title: Index; title: Websites.