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Concrete: From the Ground Up

By Larissa Theule
Series: Material Marvels
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Concrete: From the Ground Up by Larissa Theule is a captivating children's book that explores the fascinating history and uses of concrete. Through engaging storytelling and compelling illustrations, the book unveils how this seemingly simple material has profoundly influenced architecture and engineering throughout history. It's perfect for young readers who are curious about building materials and their impact on the world around them.
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Format: Hardback
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This engaging children's book may spark your interest if you have a curious young reader who loves exploring the world around them. It combines storytelling with fascinating facts about construction and architecture, making concrete a surprisingly captivating topic for little minds intrigued by how things are built.

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Concrete: From the Ground Up

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A stylish, eye-opening, utterly engaging, and often wry look at one of the marvels of the material world, from the ground up.

From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, sturdy lighthouses and magnificent palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future, humble concrete plays a mighty role in the creation of the human-made world.

Brimming with facts and spiced with clever running narrative in the form of repartee-filled speech bubbles, Concrete: From the Ground Up is as intimate and entertaining as it is informative and visually sweeping. Curious readers of all ages—from would-be engineers to science and history buffs to retro-design lovers—will delight in this bold, one-of-a-kind guide to the (literal) bedrock of civilization, amplified by a bibliography in the back matter.

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Larissa Theule's Concrete: From the Ground Up transforms a seemingly mundane topic into an engaging and educational journey through history and engineering. Theule's clear and captivating text, complemented by Steve Light's detailed and witty illustrations, offers readers a fascinating narrative on concrete's significance from ancient times to modern architectural marvels. Reviews praise the book's ability to deliver complex information with humour and accessibility, making it appealing to inquisitive young readers interested in the world around them.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781536212501

Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Candlewick Press,U.S.

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Steve Light

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 289.0mm

Weight: 465g

Pages: 48

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Larissa Theule Science & Nature Series: Material Marvels

About the Author

Larissa Theule is the author of several picture books for children, including Kafka and the Doll, illustrated by Rebecca Green, and A Way with Wild Things, illustrated by Sara Palacios. She holds an MEd from Gordon College and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and currently lives in Southern California.

Steve Light is the author-illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including the picture books Have You Seen My Dragon? and Have You Seen My Monster? and the board books Black Bird Yellow Sun; Mama Tiger, Tiger Cub; and Up Cat Down Cat. Steve Light lives in New York City with his wife.

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