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xvicesx's review
informative
slow-paced
3.5
It was interesting, but quite slow to move through the various examples. Maybe I couldn't quite get the target age for the book and that's why I found it a bit out of place. Dunno, just didn't love this.
angiew23's review
5.0
This book is really interesting and gives very detailed information about how famous structures were build. With detailed drawing and diagrams, as well as a variety of non-fiction text features, this book is set up in a way that young readers can learn and explore a variety of scientific and historical concepts. In Grade 3 we cover structures in Science and while I think that some of the content in this book might be hard for some of my students to understand and read independently, it would be good for some of my stronger students who want a challenge, and would be a great opportunity for shared or class reading experiences and for students to look at and learn how to sketch buildings from. I would definitely recommend this book to parents and teachers of children in the age 9-12 range. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book!
beckys_book_blog's review against another edition
5.0
This is a fascinating book demonstrating how different structures are built.
Children (and adults!) learn how to build strong, how to build tall, how to build flat, how to build long, how to build on water, how to build underground, how to build on ice, how to build in space and so much more.
The book has amazing examples of each type of structure/buildings. It covers soaring skyscrapers like The Shard, enormous bridges such as The Brooklyn Bridge and how the beautiful domed Pantheon was originally built in Italy. It has clear explanations throughout with absolutely stunning illustrations showing different engineering techniques and close ups. My favorite page was the one explaining how the Ithaa Restaurant was built in the Maldives 5 metres below sea level, amazing!
There are 'try at home' activities throughout the book encouraging children to try simple engineering projects for themselves.
There is so much information in this book. The perfect book to inspire any young structural engineers out there or just a fascinating book to learn more about the amazing structures and buildings we have in our world.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for this eARC.
Children (and adults!) learn how to build strong, how to build tall, how to build flat, how to build long, how to build on water, how to build underground, how to build on ice, how to build in space and so much more.
The book has amazing examples of each type of structure/buildings. It covers soaring skyscrapers like The Shard, enormous bridges such as The Brooklyn Bridge and how the beautiful domed Pantheon was originally built in Italy. It has clear explanations throughout with absolutely stunning illustrations showing different engineering techniques and close ups. My favorite page was the one explaining how the Ithaa Restaurant was built in the Maldives 5 metres below sea level, amazing!
There are 'try at home' activities throughout the book encouraging children to try simple engineering projects for themselves.
There is so much information in this book. The perfect book to inspire any young structural engineers out there or just a fascinating book to learn more about the amazing structures and buildings we have in our world.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bloomsbury Publishing for this eARC.
maidmarianlib's review
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Lots of great information, great examples, well organized. Cool illustrations.
karlamcclatchey's review
5.0
Absolutely fascinating if you have an interesting in how things are built. I always wondered about how some of the world's ancient monuments were brought to life. This book gives you different types of building and gives lots of world famous building and structures as examples. The illustrations are stunning and I love all the facts added to each one. Perfect for my son who.loves non fiction books and soaks up facts like a sponge. I loved learning as I read too! Definitely one to keep referring back to and will be useful for school projects! Such a beautiful book to just pick up and appreciate. Think we will use it to spark some art too! Definitely want this in hardback. Love how it doesn't just focus on land builds, but explores underwater and space too!
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