Random House New Releases - Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture

Washington D.C.: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

2012-04-24T00:30:00-05:00

Washington D.C.: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy
Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy

Hardcover, 20 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Travel; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Lifestyles (City Life) | $8.99 | 978-0-7636-5935-6 (0-7636-5935-5)

Whether you're planning a visit to Washington, D.C., bringing a memento back, or simply want to explore the U.S. capital from afar, this beautiful cut-paper novelty is a keeper. Housed in a handy slipcase, its ingenious stand-alone design makes for easy display. On the tour are a dozen popular destinations, including the Capitol Building, the White House, the Vietnam Memorial, the Supreme Court, an array of outstanding museums, and other national treasures.

Pop-Up London by Jennie Maizels

2012-04-10T00:30:00-05:00

Pop-Up London
Written by Jennie Maizels

Hardcover, 12 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places - Europe; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Sports & Recreation - Olympics | $19.99 | 978-0-7636-5787-1 (0-7636-5787-5)

Explore some of London's most famous sites in an engrossing novelty book.

Welcome to the great city of London! Are you ready for your tour? Open this inviting, large-format book and follow the river Thames as it winds through the heart of the celebrated capital. Peer inside Buckingham Palace, spin the London Eye, whisper in Saint Paul’s Cathedral gallery, and raise the historic Tower Bridge. Lift the flaps, and you’ll find famous faces, spooky stories, and surprising secrets. Turn the book around to look inside buildings and find out even more. Be inspired by the magic of London in three dimensions.

Paris: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

2012-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

Paris: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy
Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy

Hardcover, 20 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Travel; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Lifestyles (City Life) | $8.99 | 978-0-7636-5894-6 (0-7636-5894-4)

Ooh, la la! Set up this stylish, concertina-style tour of the world's most romantic city, and you will always have Paris.

Welcome to the City of Light, one of the world’s most romantic destinations! From the revered Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame to the majestic Eiffel Tower, from the cabaret venue of Moulin Rouge to the highbrow opera house Palais Garnier, this world-class city offers beaucoup beloved architectural landmarks. Visit a dozen sites, including the Louvre, Pompidou Centre, Musée d’Orsay, Arc de Triomphe, and more, then fold all away in an élégant slipcase.

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles by Crispin Boyer

2011-10-11T00:30:00-05:00

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles Capture These Facts, Photos, and Fun to Be King of the Castle!
Written by Crispin Boyer

Trade Paperback, 64 pages | National Geographic Children's Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Reference | $12.95 | 978-1-4263-0803-1 (1-4263-0803-5)

Young readers will be spellbound by this story of fierce battles, dark dungeons, secret passageways, and medieval characters, made all the more vivid by true tales from experts in the field. Fun facts and photos, including reenactment shots, illuminate the lives of the inhabitants and the fascinating histories of castles.

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles by Crispin Boyer

2011-10-11T00:30:00-05:00

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles Capture These Facts, Photos, and Fun to Be King of the Castle!
Written by Crispin Boyer

Hardcover Library Binding, 64 pages | National Geographic Children's Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Reference | $25.90 | 978-1-4263-0804-8 (1-4263-0804-3)

New York: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

2011-07-06T00:30:00-05:00

New York: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy

Hardcover, 20 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Travel; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Lifestyles (City Life) | $8.99 | 978-0-7636-5483-2 (0-7636-5483-3)

London: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

2011-03-22T00:30:00-05:00

London: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy

Hardcover, 20 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places - Europe; Juvenile Nonfiction - Lifestyles (City Life) | $8.99 | 978-0-7636-5353-8 (0-7636-5353-5)

An enticing slipcased 3D foldout of London’s most celebrated sites makes the perfect gift or memento for Anglophiles or travelers to London.

From a posh department store to a palace, from a bustling city square to a hushed cathedral, from Shakespeare’s historic Globe Theatre to the exciting London Eye, this delightful pull-out view of London’s most treasured attractions folds up, accordion-style, to tuck away in a stylish slipcase. Featured are twelve of London’s famous sites, including the Tower of London, the Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, the Royal Observatory, and several more must-sees in the U.K.’s marvelous capital city.

The Man Who Made Parks by Song Nan Zhang

2009-01-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Man Who Made Parks The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted
Written by Frieda Wishinsky
Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang

Trade Paperback, 32 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture | $10.95 | 978-0-88776-902-3 (0-88776-902-0)

The story of Olmsted who designed some of North America’s most famous public spaces

When the great cities of North America were being built, little thought was given to the idea of creating “green spaces.” But these oases from the dirt, gravel, and noise of the crowded city streets were exactly what were needed. One of the few people to recognize this fact was Frederick Law Olmsted, North America’s first landscape architect.

Combining his love of nature with his admiration for the structured beauty found in the great public parks of London and Paris, Olmsted turned neglected, swampy acres on the edge of New York City into one of the most acclaimed parks in the world: Central Park. But Olmsted’s success was not earned overnight. He spent many years wandering from job to job, searching for the perfect career. And when he finally discovered his passion, few people were confident in his abilities. But Olmsted fought for the preservation of areas like Yosemite in the USA, and his perseverance would be rewarded: he went on to design some of the most famous public spaces in North America.

The Erie Canal by Martha E. Kendall

2008-03-11T00:30:00-05:00

The Erie Canal
Written by Martha E. Kendall

Hardcover, 128 pages | National Geographic Children's Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - United States - 19th Century; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture | $18.95 | 978-1-4263-0022-6 (1-4263-0022-0)

The Erie Canal tells the story of one of America’s most ambitious public-works projects. The canal, stretching from New York to Lake Erie, opened up the West in the early 1800s. Martha E. Kendall’s illustrated history brings into focus the enormous geographic and social impact of this stunning technological feat.

Personal anecdotes and an engaging narrative describe life on the canal in colorful detail, making the story vividly real. Black-and-white archival images and period engravings detail the construction, the challenges, and the excitement surrounding the progress of this national landmark. Detailed maps show the canal in its historic context and in modern times, highlighting the region’s modern transport infrastructure. Extensive back matter, including a chronology and a cast of characters, provides an excellent source for report writers.

Readers will meet De Witt Clinton, mayor of New York and later governor, who tirelessly championed the construction of the canal. He faced down relentless criticism, as doubters dubbed the project "Clinton’s Ditch." The engineering challenges were daunting, and the backbreaking labor was ceaseless. Finally, the canal was completed in 1825 and was instantly hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World."

The Erie Canal is the story of an impossible dream fulfilled. The canal ultimately linked the East to the West, made New York the nation’s wealthiest state, and gave many immigrant workers a path to a better life.

The Erie Canal by Martha E. Kendall

2008-03-11T00:30:00-05:00

The Erie Canal
Written by Martha E. Kendall

Hardcover Library Binding, 128 pages | National Geographic Children's Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - History - United States - 19th Century; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture | $28.90 | 978-1-4263-0023-3 (1-4263-0023-9)

The Museum Book by Richard Holland

2007-09-25T00:30:00-05:00

The Museum Book A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections
Written by Jan Mark
Illustrated by Richard Holland

Hardcover, 56 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Art | $18.99 | 978-0-7636-3370-7 (0-7636-3370-4)

Why do people collect things? This ode to museums mighty and minuscule will draw curious viewers of all ages — and is worthy of collection itself.

What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items (unicorn horns? mermaids?) some early museums placed on view. Jan Mark’s humorous and conversational insights take readers through museums’ multifaceted history, while Richard Holland’s eye-catching mixed-media illustrations lend their own quirky flair. With vivid examples from all around the world, this wonderful book puts museums — and the many artifacts lovingly stored there — on display in a whole new light.

Construction Zone by Richard Sobol

2006-05-09T00:30:00-05:00

Construction Zone
Written by Cheryl Willis Hudson
Photographed by Richard Sobol

Hardcover, 32 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Science & Technology - How Things Work; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture | $15.99 | 978-0-7636-2684-6 (0-7636-2684-8)

Caution! Construction zone ahead! Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a big building going up — and who hasn't? — will be thrilled by this behind-the-scenes look at an amazing construction project.

Put on your hard hat and step inside CONSTRUCTION ZONE! Young readers are invited to come on a virtual tour of a building in progress, led by award-winning photographer Richard Sobol. It takes hundreds of workers, thousands of trucks and machines, and millions of nails and bolts to transform an idea on paper into an actual building in which people will live, play, shop, or work. Every single piece of the construction puzzle — big and small — must fit together flawlessly. With a clear, direct narrative and handy definitions of construction-related jobs, machines, and terms, Cheryl Willis Hudson distills this most complex of projects into language a young child can grasp. The building itself — the Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank O. Gehry — is playful and colorful, sculpted to excite, delight, and surprise. Richard Sobol's vivid color photographs capture all the excitement of the busy construction site, while offering a close-up view of its breathtaking genius.

Monumental Verses by J. Patrick Lewis

2005-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

Monumental Verses
Written by J. Patrick Lewis

Hardcover, 32 pages | National Geographic Children's Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Poetry; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - History | $16.95 | 978-0-7922-7135-2 (0-7922-7135-1)

Monumental Verses by J. Patrick Lewis

2005-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

Monumental Verses
Written by J. Patrick Lewis

Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages | National Geographic Children's Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Poetry; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - History | $25.90 | 978-0-7922-7139-0 (0-7922-7139-4)

Building America by Bonnie Shemie

2002-10-22T00:30:00-05:00

Building America
Written by Janice Weaver
Illustrated by Bonnie Shemie

Hardcover, 56 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Other | $17.95 | 978-0-88776-606-0 (0-88776-606-4)

Named a 5th– 6th Grade Honor Book by the Austin Young Engineer’s Award 2003-2004

From old favorites like Monticello, Falling Water, and the Chrysler Building, to lesser-known treasures like Bernard Maybeck’s First Church of Christ, Scientist (in Berkeley, California), the buildings that Janice Weaver presents tell the story of a nation and its people. Traveling through almost four hundred years of history – and to all four corners of the continental United States – Building America explores an architecture that is as diverse as the people who created it. Complete with timeline, glossary, and index, this fine introduction to architecture is splendidly illustrated by Bonnie Shemie’s detailed paintings.

Building Canada by Bonnie Shemie

2001-01-18T00:30:00-05:00

Building Canada
Written by Bonnie Shemie

Hardcover, 40 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - History - Canada | $18.95 | 978-0-88776-504-9 (0-88776-504-1)

Sitting so close to the United States, and with influences from France, Great Britain, Asia, and Europe, building styles in Canada are familiar but different, eclectic, and unique. Bonnie Shemie, who studied the houses of North America’s native peoples, has created a beautiful and informative volume that defines this country’s history and geography through its buildings.

Among the styles that dot the landscape are Quebec’s maison Canadienne based on France’s peasant cottages, brightly painted homes of the Atlantic seaports, the sod houses, prefabricated buildings and false fronts that dominated the prairies, popular Ontario farm house design, Montreal’s famed duplexes with exterior staircases, and uniquely Canadian chateau-style hotels. Building Canada also looks at the importance of modern building materials, restoration efforts, and city planning. Complete with timeline and glossary.

And So They Build by Bert Kitchen

1995-07-03T00:30:00-05:00

And So They Build
Written by Bert Kitchen
Illustrated by Bert Kitchen

Trade Paperback, 32 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Curiosities & Wonders; Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals | $6.99 | 978-1-56402-502-9 (1-56402-502-0)

Mounds of earth and shell by Bonnie Shemie

1995-03-31T00:30:00-05:00

Mounds of earth and shell
Written by Bonnie Shemie

Trade Paperback, 24 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture | $7.95 | 978-0-88776-352-6 (0-88776-352-9)

Much of what we know of life among the inhabitants of North America before the arrival of Europeans comes from mounds in the southeastern U.S. However, there is much debate among scholars about the findings. Excavations show sophisticated cities, large effigy mounds, centers of worship, and possibly, vast earthwork calendars. Objects found in the mounds and burial sites provide graphic information about how these ancient people lived.

Houses of snow, skin and bones by Bonnie Shemie

1993-06-01T00:30:00-05:00

Houses of snow, skin and bones
Written by Bonnie Shemie

Trade Paperback, 24 pages | Tundra Books | Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture; Architecture - Methods & Materials | $6.95 | 978-0-88776-305-2 (0-88776-305-7)

A look at the fascinating shelters that Native communities in the Far North built, using only materials their environment provided: snow, stone, sod, skin, bones, and any driftwood picked up along the shores. Black-and-white and color drawings show the tools used, and how the snow house, the quarmang, the Alaskan sod-house, and the tent or tupiq were built. And of course, there’s information on the classic snow igloo which could be constructed in a few hours for emergency shelter.

Random House New Releases - Juvenile Nonfiction - Architecture

Washington D.C.: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

Washington D.C.: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape Written by Sarah McMenemy Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy

Pop-Up London by Jennie Maizels

Pop-Up London Written by Jennie Maizels

Paris: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

Paris: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape Written by Sarah McMenemy Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles by Crispin Boyer

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles Capture These Facts, Photos, and Fun to Be King of the Castle!Written by Crispin Boyer

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles by Crispin Boyer

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles Capture These Facts, Photos, and Fun to Be King of the Castle!Written by Crispin Boyer

New York: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

New York: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape Written by Sarah McMenemy

London: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape by Sarah McMenemy

London: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape Written by Sarah McMenemy

The Man Who Made Parks by Song Nan Zhang

The Man Who Made Parks The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law OlmstedWritten by Frieda Wishinsky Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang

The Erie Canal by Martha E. Kendall

The Erie Canal Written by Martha E. Kendall

The Erie Canal by Martha E. Kendall

The Erie Canal Written by Martha E. Kendall

The Museum Book by Richard Holland

The Museum Book A Guide to Strange and Wonderful CollectionsWritten by Jan Mark Illustrated by Richard Holland

Construction Zone by Richard Sobol

Construction Zone Written by Cheryl Willis Hudson Photographed by Richard Sobol

Monumental Verses by J. Patrick Lewis

Monumental Verses Written by J. Patrick Lewis

Monumental Verses by J. Patrick Lewis

Monumental Verses Written by J. Patrick Lewis

Building America by Bonnie Shemie

Building America Written by Janice Weaver Illustrated by Bonnie Shemie

Building Canada by Bonnie Shemie

Building Canada Written by Bonnie Shemie

And So They Build by Bert Kitchen

And So They Build Written by Bert Kitchen Illustrated by Bert Kitchen

Mounds of earth and shell by Bonnie Shemie

Mounds of earth and shell Written by Bonnie Shemie

Houses of snow, skin and bones by Bonnie Shemie

Houses of snow, skin and bones Written by Bonnie Shemie

Washington D.C.: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy
Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy

Pop-Up London
Written by Jennie Maizels

Paris: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy
Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles Capture These Facts, Photos, and Fun to Be King of the Castle!
Written by Crispin Boyer

National Geographic Kids Everything Castles Capture These Facts, Photos, and Fun to Be King of the Castle!
Written by Crispin Boyer

New York: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy

London: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape
Written by Sarah McMenemy

The Man Who Made Parks The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted
Written by Frieda Wishinsky
Illustrated by Song Nan Zhang

The Erie Canal
Written by Martha E. Kendall

The Erie Canal
Written by Martha E. Kendall

The Museum Book A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections
Written by Jan Mark
Illustrated by Richard Holland

Construction Zone
Written by Cheryl Willis Hudson
Photographed by Richard Sobol

Monumental Verses
Written by J. Patrick Lewis

Monumental Verses
Written by J. Patrick Lewis

Building America
Written by Janice Weaver
Illustrated by Bonnie Shemie

Building Canada
Written by Bonnie Shemie

And So They Build
Written by Bert Kitchen
Illustrated by Bert Kitchen

Mounds of earth and shell
Written by Bonnie Shemie

Houses of snow, skin and bones
Written by Bonnie Shemie