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.

Age Range: 9 - 12 years

Grade Level: 4 - 7

Lexile Measure: 1060L

Hardcover: 96 pages

Publisher: Candlewick (March 11 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0763669903

ISBN-13: 978-0763669904

Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 0.7 x 11.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds