Bridges is a title in Scholastic’s Blastoff Readers’ new series, Everyday Engineering. The text takes us through what are bridges, types of bridges, and how bridges work in a very simplified manner. There is a glossary in the back of the text for bold words, but some more challenging words like cantilever are not defined. There are photographs of several bridges, but it does not always tell where the bridge is and for some of the pretty cool bridge construction I wanted to know more about them. They only name and give details for the Golden Gate Bridge.

At the back of the book there is a list of books for further reading. It also includes details for how to access factsurfer.com, which links you to sites for further information and videos on the topic.