Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building by Christy Hale(2006-06-01)
Categories: Books, Children's Books, Activities, Crafts & Games



Grade level: 1 - 2
Dimensions: 9 x 0.5 x 9 inches
Reading age: 5 - 8 years
ISBN-13: 978-1600606519
ISBN-10: 1600606512
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Print length: 40 pages
Publication date: October 1, 2012
Lexile measure: AD550L
Language: English
subtitle: Hardcover – Picture Book, October 1, 2012
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review: Editorial Reviews From Booklist Combining images of preschoolers at play with famous buildings all over the world, this lively picture book is great for sharing. On one left-hand page, kids stack up colorful paper cups to make towers (smaller, smaller / and growing taller); opposite is a full-page photo of the Petronas Twin Towers, among the world’s tallest buildings, built in 1998 in Malaysia from concrete, steel, and glass. On another spread, a little girl makes circular mud pies; opposite is a photo of an earthen New Gourna Village in Egypt, and the note tells how the village combines earth, water, sun, air, traditional design, sensitivity to climate, and imagination. One environmentally focused page shows kids building a structure with paper tubes and reusable cardboard; opposite is the Paper Tube School in China, where teachers and students helped construct a temporary school out of recycled paper and plywood after an earthquake. Older children will turn to the detailed back matter that talks about each building and its architect, and a great quote from Frank Gehry sums up the connections: Creativity is about play. Preschool-Grade 3. --Hazel Rochman Review * "This extraordinary new picture book masterfully tackles the complex task of contextualizing seemingly complex architectural concepts within a child's own world of play." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review * "Deftly rendered." -- The Horn Book Magazine , starred review "A clever introduction to architecture... This book is more accessible than J. Patrick Lewis's Monumental Verse (National Geographic, 2005) or a more factual text like Culture in Action: Architecture (Raintree, 2009) and is a good precursor for either of them." -- School Library Journal Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner, The Boston Globe/The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare, Horn Book Magazine Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Children's and Young Adult Book Award, International Literacy Association (ILA) Notable Children's Book, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Armadillo Readers' Choice Award Nominee, Round Rock Independent School District Eureka! Award, California Reading Association Kentucky Bluegrass Master List Monarch Award Master List, Illinois School Library Media Association Read! Build! Play! Summer Reading list of Books that Inspire Play, ALSC and LEGO Silver Bells Honor List, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy Bell Picture Book Award About the Author Christy Hale is the author and illustrator of several acclaimed children's books, including four published by Lee & Low, and she has illustrated numerous other award-winning picture books as well. Hale also works in the children's book field as an art director, a designer, and an educator, offering programs at schools, libraries, and museums. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California. You can learn more about her at christyhale.com. Read more