The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond

Aspiring architects will be in their element Explore this illustrated narrative history of buildings for young readers, an amazing construction in itself.

We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them. We go to school in them. We work in them. But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? Why did they start to decorate them in different ways? From the pyramid erected so that an Egyptian pharaoh would last forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center designed by two young architects, Patrick Dillon's stories of remarkable buildings -- and the remarkable people who made them -- celebrates the ingenuity of human creation. Stephen Biesty's extraordinarily detailed illustrations take us inside famous buildings throughout history and demonstrate just how these marvelous structures fit together.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03/11/2014
ISBN: 9780763669904
Pages: 95
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 11.40h x 10.00w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2014
School Library Journal 04/01/2014 pg. 186
Booklist 04/15/2014 pg. 43
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2014 pg. 511
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2014 pg. 114
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2014 pg. 178 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 165443 / Story of Buildings
Reading Level: 7.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4