Unbuilding (Sandpiper) | |
ISBN: 9780395454251 Author: MacAulay, David Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Published: October 1987 Retail: $11.99 OUR PRICE: $3.00 You Save 75% Binding Type: Paperback Annotation: “In this wonderfully urbane fantasy” the Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator imagines the process of dismantling the Empire State Building (Publishers Weekly). The acclaimed author of City and Pyramid now applies his inquisitive mind and stunningly detailed artwork to one of New York’s most iconic buildings. When the Empire State Building is purchased by an eccentric prince who wants to move it to the Arabian Desert, the intricate process of unbuilding begins. Along the way, Macaulay takes young readers on a tour of the skyscraper’s history and architecture and explains the many feats of engineering that went into its construction. His straightforward, informative text is illustrated with “perhaps the finest series of visually expansive, black-and-white perspective drawings, incisive renderings of the skyscraper and its celebrated ‘views’” (The Washington Post). |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - How Things Work | Are Made - Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture - Juvenile Nonfiction | Readers - Chapter Books |
Dewey: 690.523 |
LCCN: 80015491 |
Lexile Measure: 1250 |
Series: Sandpiper |
BISAC category: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Architecture |
Target Grade/Age Group: Grade 10-12, Age 15-18 |
Grade level: Grade 10-12 |
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 25.00" L x 9.00" W |
Lexile Level: 1250 |
Bargain Category: Technology, Teaching Resources, Science, Reference, Middle School, History, High School, Art/Music, Adult |
Grade level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th |
Scholastic Reading Counts Info |
Quiz #: Q15795 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: Grades 6-8 Point Value: 4.0 |