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2) Castle
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this first-ever standalone full-color edition, Castle is lavishly reborn in digitally finished drawings rendered with felt-tip markers and colored pencils. Factual and artistic details shine in light of newly researched information. With characteristic zest and wit. Architecture enthusiasts of all ages will marvel at the staggering possibilities of human imagination and ingenuity.
Author
Publisher
David Macaulay Studio
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the mechanical science of jet planes that recreates an airplane ride while explaining how powerful engines, specially designed wings, and cockpit controls work together to enable a jet's flight.
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Sloth and Sengi are friends. they have grown up together in the zoo, and know every bit of their enclosure. And, frankly, they are a little bored with it. So they begin to plan an escape, with the help of some simple machines, such as levers, gears, planes, and pulleys.
Author
Series
Publisher
David Macaulay Studio [an imprint of Roaring Brook Press]/Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows a tour of the bathroom and the sewer system, from the family toilets to municipal water treatment plants.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created. The castle, cathedral, and mosque are fictional structures set within a historical framework. Includes a glossary.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Many of us spend most of our lives oblivious to even basic information about the most amazing thing we'll ever take for granted-our own bodies. In The Way We Work, David Macaulay gives readers an opportunity to discover just how remarkable the human body really is. This comprehensive and entertaining resource reveals the inner workings of the human body and all of its systems and mechanisms, as only David Macaulay could. Page after...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
[1973]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a magnificent Gothic cathedral in the imaginary French town of Chutreaux during the thirteenth century. The craftsmen were the master quarryman, the master stone cutter, the master sculptor, the master mortar maker, the master mason, the master carpenter, the master blacksmith, the master roofer, and the master glass maker.
9) Building big
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here and not over there? These are the kinds of questions that David Macaulay asks himself when he observes an architectural wonder. These questions take him back to the basic process of design from which all structures begin, from the realization of a need for the structure to the struggles of the engineers and designers to map out and create the final construction. As...
10) Pyramid
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
[1975]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
11) Unbuilding
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1980
Language
English
Description
This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.
12) Mill
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1983
Language
English
Description
The construction of early 19th-century spinning mills in Rhode Island. The mills at Wicksbridge are imaginary, but their planning, construction, and operation are quite typical of mills developed in New England throughout the nineteenth century.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Océano, S.L
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
One morning, Albert and his mare June go to sell some watermelons at the market. It is like any other day, but neither one could have imagined how many lives would be affected by just one little slip.
Una mañana, Albert y su yegua June van a vender unas sandías en el mercado. Es como cualquier otro día, pero ni uno podría haber imaginado cuántas vidas se vería afectado por un pequeño desliz.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"An extended picture book about the history and construction of the steamship SS United States, its designer William Francis Gibbs, and author/illustrator David Macaulay's personal story of immigration to America on board the SS United States."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
David Macaulay Studio, Macmillan Children's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to the nature and structure of the eye and the process through which the eye and the brain work together to create vision.
20) Black and white
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
1990.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.