Kids Story Books

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This book called Great Building Stories of the Past is a great book for children to read and learn about buildings of the past and their stories. The book is by Peter Kent and it is published by Oxford University Press. This book has very cute illustration and the stories are easy to read. Kids will have fun reading this book. The book is big and measures 12.3x9.7x0.3 inches.

Table of Content

• Great Pyramid
• Great Wall of China
• Beauvais Cathedral
• Eddystone Lighthouse
• Brooklyn Bridge
• Eiffel Tower
• Panama Canal
• Woolworth Building
• Chek Lap Kok Airport
• Great Buildings around the World

Great Building Stories of the Past

Great Building Stories of the Past

From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6-This well-researched book spotlights architectural feats and explains the purpose of the building and the engineering involved. Kent includes the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Great Wall of China, Beauvais Cathedral, Eddystone Lighthouse, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Eiffel Tower, the Panama Canal, the Woolworth Building, and Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong harbor. The inset drawings explain complex architectural details in straightforward text. Many of the illustrations use human figures to show scale and provide length and width measurements of cross-sections. While describing complicated ideas, the text remains clear and well written. Many libraries may own books on some of the structures covered here, but it's helpful to have so many in one volume, especially when the illustrations and text are so well done.

Great Building Stories of the Past

If your children are fascinated by great buildings then this book called The Visual Dictionary of Buildings is a great book to read. It is by Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries, Dorling Kindersley or DK. The book is large and measures 10.25x12.25x0.35 inches. Each page has lots of pictures, photos, and illustrations. The part that I love most about this The Visual Dictionary of Buildings book is that every picture is marked with the name of what it is and what the other things in it are. Have you ever looked at a picture or a building and wondered "what is that thing called?" Well, if you have this book, you will know what they are called by their proper names.

Buildings (DK Visual Dictionaries)

Table of Content

• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome
• Walls
• Roofs and Chimneys
• Medieval Castles and Houses
• Medieval Churches
• Gothic
• Renaissance
• Baroque and Neoclassical
• Ceilings
• Arches and Vaults
• Domes
• Islamic Buildings
• South and East Asia
• Doors
• Windows
• The 19th Century
• The Early 20th Century
• Modern Buildings
• Architectural Styles

Visual Dictionary of Buildings