David Macaulay
1) Castle
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Text and detailed drawings follow the planning and construction of a ""typical"" castle and adjoining town in thirteenth-century Wales.
2) Pyramid
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Text and black-and-white illustrations follow the intricate step-by-step process of the building of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
5) Mosque
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1340L
Formats
Description
An author and artist who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern people, David Macaulay here reveals the methods and materials used to design and construct a mosque in late-sixteenth-century Turkey. Through the fictional story and Macaulay's distinctive full-color illustrations, readers will learn not only how such monumental structures were built but also how they functioned in relation...
9) Mill
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Appears on list
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Description
The construction of an early nineteenth-century spinning mill in Rhode Island. Best Books for Junior High Readers. Four different Rhode Island textile mills of the nineteenth century are described in text and excellent drawings. Best Books for Senior High Readers. In a text that uses original sources and many excellent diagrams, 4 different nineteenth-century New England cotton mills are described. Best Books for Children, 6th edition The construction...
11) Building big
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Explains the importance of architecture to building.
12) Underground
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Text and drawings describe the subways, sewers, building foundations, telephone and power systems, columns, cables, pipes, tunnels, and other underground elements of a large modern city.
Author
Pub. Date
1988
Description
Multimedia introduction to machines such as the lawn sprinkler, pneumatic drill, electric guitar, and smoke detector. Provides illustrations of the inner workings of machines, explanations of scientific principles, history of featured inventions, and biographies of inventors. Features animations and audio.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 2
Formats
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.
15) Unbuilding
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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.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Publisher Annotation: Famously packed with information on the inner workings of everything from windmills to Wi-Fi, this extraordinary and humorous book both guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines, and shows how the developments of the past are building the world of tomorrow. This sweepingly revised edition embraces all of the latest developments, from touchscreens to 3D printer. Each scientific principle is brilliantly explained--with...
Author
Series
My readers volume Level 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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.
18) Shortcut
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Visual clues provide answers to the mysterious interrelationship of a series of brief stories.
19) Rome antics
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Formats
Description
A pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour which includes both ancient and modern parts of the city of Rome.
20) Angelo
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
While restoring the front of a church, an old plasterer rescues an injured pigeon and nurses her back to health.