The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond
by Patrick Dillon and Stephen Biesty
Aspiring architects will be in their element! Explore this illustrated narrative... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2014
Word Count 24,702
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1060L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 165443, 4.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Engineering
- Architecture--History--Juvenile literature
- Engineering--Juvenile literature
- Building--Juvenile literature
- Buildings
- Architecture
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Structural engineering
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Symbols, Monuments, National Parks, etc.
- Architecture--History
- History
- Building
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Outstanding International Books, 2006-2022
Grades 6-8 Selection, 2015

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
Reference Selection, 2015

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Nonfiction Selection, 2014

Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2021
Selection, 2014
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