The Family Under the Bridge Natalie Savage Garden 1958

Title: The Family Under the Bridge
Publisher: Harper and Brothers
Author: Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator: Garth Williams
Printed Year: 1958
LOC: 58-5292
Page Count: 99 pages
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Used, ex-library copy, has typical library markings and card holder, major crease, minor corner chipped, beginning to yellow, etc. Still in readable condition.

Book Summary or Synopsis

This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisan named Armand, who relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them.

But the children who lived under the bridge recognized a true friend when they met one, even if the friend seemed a trifle unwilling at the start. And it did not take Armand very long to realized that he had gotten himself a ready-made family; one that he loved with all his heart, and one for whom he would have to find a better home than the bridge.

Armand and the children's adventures around Paris—complete with gypsies and a Santa Claus—make a story which children will treasure.