Books with title Building Things

-- Stimulating question and answer format to help children learn all about exciting and important topics.-- Can be read straight through question by question or by following the special 'Connect' boxes, which lead kids from one area of interest to another related area.-- Learners find out something new each time they read the books.-- Non-traditional approach to reference works well for classroom research and gifted programs.-- Dazzling graphics make information gathering enjoyable.

What is a gargoyle? What does an architect do? How can a building tell us what might be inside? Your school is a building. So is your home. Neither one may be a work of art, but they were both carefully designed and built to serve a purpose. And some buildings truly are works of art. Some are classic and beautiful and some are bold and modern. Some fit in perfectly with their surroundings. Others look completely different to everything else in the area. Find out what various types of buildings are for and what the builders were trying to show.

This is a title in the "Eyewitness Guides" series, which combine 3-D photographs with clearly written text. This book aims to inspire readers to take a closer look at the places we live and work in, and discover why and how they are built and decorated as they are. From brushwood shelters to today's concrete jungle, tiled floors to the dome of St Pauls' Cathedral, it provides a display of the variety and beauty of buildings.