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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
Contributor(s): Macaulay, David (Author)

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ISBN: 0395316685     ISBN-13: 9780395316689
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1981
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Annotation: Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of David Macaulay's books. Whether chronicling the monumental achievements of past civilizations or satirizing modern architecture, he is concerned above all in how constructions are made and what their effects are on people and their lives.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - How Things Work | Are Made
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - Inventions
Dewey: 726.6
LCCN: 73006634
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Lexile Measure: 1120(Not Available)
Guided Reading: X (Grade 6)
Series: Sandpiper
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.9" W x 11.9" L (0.80 lbs) 80 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Home Schooling
Features: Glossary, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 47219
Reading Level: 7.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:

A 1974 Caldecott Honor Book

Readers worldwide recognize Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay's imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux. This critically acclaimed book has been translated into a dozen languages and remains a classic of children's literature and a touchstone for budding architects. Cathedral's numerous awards include a prestigious Caldecott Honor and designation as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year for Macaulay's intricate pen-and-ink illustrations.

Journey back to centuries long ago and visit the fictional people of twelfth-, thirteenth-, and fourteenth-century Europe whose dreams, like Cathedral, stand the test of time.

This title has been selected as a Common Core text exemplar (Grades 6-8, Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Studies).


Contributor Bio(s): Macaulay, David: - David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given "to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations." Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.
 
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