If You Lived Here: Houses of the World Contributor(s): Laroche, Giles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547238924 ISBN-13: 9780547238920 Publisher: Clarion Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture - Juvenile Nonfiction | House & Home - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Africa |
Dewey: 392.36 |
LCCN: 2010044361 |
Age Level: 6-9 |
Grade Level: 1-4 |
Lexile Measure: 1170 NC (Nonconforming Text) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.2" W x 11.1" L (1.00 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Inspiration |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2011 pg. 111 School Library Journal 09/01/2011 pg. 136 Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2011 Booklist 10/15/2011 pg. 42 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2011 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 132 - Superior,Well Above Average |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 146542 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Master of the cut and paste art technique, Giles Laroche takes readers on a storytelling journey around the world that celebrates the diversity of homes and the people who are shaped by them. Step into unique homes from around the world and discover the many fascinating ways in which people live and have lived. If you lived in the mountains of southern Spain, your bedroom might be carved out of a mountain. If you lived in a village in South Africa, the outside of your house might tell the story of your family. And if you lived in a floating green house in the Netherlands, you could rotate your house to watch both the sunrise and sunset. With intricate bas-relief collages, Giles Laroche uncovers the reason why each home was constructed the way in which it was, then lets us imagine what it would be like to live in homes so different from our own. Showing the tremendous variety of dwellings worldwide--log cabins, houses on stilts, cave dwellings, boathouses, and yurts--this book addresses why each house is build the way that it is. Reasons--such as blending into the landscape, confusing invaders, being able to travel with one's home, using whatever materials are at hand--are as varied as the homes themselves. List of Houses included: Dogtrot log house, based on dogtrots built in the southern U.S.Chalet, based on chalets built in the Austrian Alps. Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico Connected barn, based on connected barns common in northern New England. Cave dwelling, Guadix, Andalucia, Spain Palafitos (house on stilts), Chiloe Island, Chile Palazzo Dario, Venice, Italy Chateau La Brede, Bordeaux, France Tulou, Hangkeng village, Yongding, China Half-timbered houses, Miltenberg am Main, Germany Greek island village houses, Astipalaia Island, Greece Decorated houses of Ndebele, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa Yurt, based on yurts in Mongolia and other parts of central Asia. Airstream trailer, USA Floating house, Middleburg, the Netherlands Tree house, USA |
Contributor Bio(s): Laroche, Giles: - Giles Laroche, a master of cut-paper relief sculptures, captures stories from history that can't be told with photographs. Reviewers have called his art "truly masterful," "mind-bogglingly good," and "a visual feast." He lives in Salem, MA. |
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