Theme: architecture

Technology of the Ancients: The Romans

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2012

This book provides readers with an up-close look at the ingenuity of forward-thinking inventors and engineers from the early civilizatrions

Descriptors: Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Italy, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Chinese

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

This book focuses on the discoveries and inventions of the ancient Chinese civilization in the areas of transportation, agriculture, architecture, science, and technology.

Descriptors: Asia, China, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Vikings

By Book Importer | Published: December 12, 2011

This book focuses on the discoveries and inventions of the ancient Viking civilization in the areas of transportation, agriculture, architecture, science, and technology.

Descriptors: Europe, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Picture Book, Scandinavia » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Anno’s Journey

By Book Importer | Published: January 19, 2011

A colorful, wordless book takes young readers on a wonderous tour of northern Europe, seeing its landscape, geography, and architecture along the way

Descriptors: Asia, Europe, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Anno’s Spain

By Book Importer | Published: January 19, 2011

The imaginative Anno takes us through Spain in his newest journey book, depicting the enchanting cities and eras of this intriguing country.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Anno’s U.S.A.

By Book Importer | Published: January 19, 2011

In wordless panoramas, Anno travels through history in his search for things American.

Descriptors: Asia, Fiction, Japan, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), United States of America » Other Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

Antoni Gaudí grew up in Catalonia, a place of wild beauty. He moved to Barcelona to become an architect, learning the rules of form and structure that buildings were supposed to follow. Yet he never forgot the shapes and colors of his childhood home. Antoni Gaudí turned nature into art, and in the process he [...]

Descriptors: Biography, Europe, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Spain » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Our World

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

OUR WORLD makes it fun and easy for children to learn more about the world around them. With more than 40 maps, 300 images, and hundreds of facts and statistics, this atlas will expand every child’s view of each country around the globe.

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Parthenon

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The Parthenon. It was ravaged by the early Christians, occupied by the Turks, and looted by the British. Wars were fought all around it. Plato and Socrates, Phidias and Pericles contemplated philosophy, art, drama, and democracy on its steps. And today its proud, ruined columns stand high above the city of Athens, Greece, the last [...]

Descriptors: Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Umm Al Madayan: An Islamic City through the Ages

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Traces, in detailed drawings and text, the development through the ages of a fictional Islamic city in North Africa.

Descriptors: Africa, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment