Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building

$16.76

Hardcover
Author: Christy Hale
Illustrator: Christy Hale
Publisher: Lee & Low Books Inc
Publish Date: October 2012
Language: English
EAN: 9781600606519

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Overview

A picture book that connects great works of architecture to the ways children build and play.

Cup
on cup
s tacking up,
smaller, smaller,
and growing taller!

Children building-
Concrete poetry-

Pair them with notable structures from around the world and see children’s constructions taken to the level of architectural treasures.

Here is a unique celebration of children’s playtime explorations and the surprising ways childhood experiences find expression in the dreams and works of innovative architects.

Come be inspired to play-dream-build-discover!

Details

Pages: 40
Dimensions: 9.2 x 9 x 0.4 in
Lexile Score: 550
ISBN: 1600606512

Awards

2016 Monarch Award - Nominee (Grades K-3)
2015 Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee (Picture Book)
2014 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee (Grades K-2)
2013 Alabama Camellia Award - Nominee (Grades K-1)
2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book (Nonfiction)
2013 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award - Winner (Transitional Nonfiction)