Bibliograph

Towering homes, by Gerry Bailey ; Illustrated by Moreno Chiacchiera, Michelle Todd, and Joelle Dreidemy

Type

Label

Towering homes, by Gerry Bailey ; Illustrated by Moreno Chiacchiera, Michelle Todd, and Joelle Dreidemy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

880L, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Towering homes

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

868915862

Responsibility statement

by Gerry Bailey ; Illustrated by Moreno Chiacchiera, Michelle Todd, and Joelle Dreidemy

Series statement

Young architect

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 5.2, 0.5, 0.5, 163471

Summary

"Ideal for students living in an urban area, colorful illustrations and humorous characters outline the steps needed to build towering homes. Building big and building up, students learn about problems and solutions encountered by engineers and architects."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

A pile of homes -- Stories -- Architect's words : elevator, escalator, stairs, fire escape -- Glass and steel -- Architect's words : foundations -- Architect's tools : scale model -- Layer on top of layer -- Cave homes -- Rising to a point -- Raising the bridge -- Perched on the rocks -- On a tilt -- Architect's tools : plumb line -- Raised on stilts -- Stilts in water

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor

Creator