When the old wooden bridge breaks, a young boy is delighted to be able to watch, from his front yard, the many different machines at work building the new bridge across the brook.
Emily Cheney Neville, an American author of children's books, was born in Manchester, Connecticut in 1919 and graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1940. In 1963, she wrote her first book, "It's Like This, Cat", which was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1964.