First Shapes in Buildings
by Lane, Penny AnnFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-04-27
Publisher(s): Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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Summary
This shapes book with a difference features 12 buildings from around the world. Each spread is devoted to one shape - both two- and three-dimensional shapes eg circle, square, rectangle, cube, pyramid and cylinder. Each building is illustrated in full colour with the geometric shape reproduced again on the page. This inventive and intriguing approach not only reinforces the learning of everyday shapes, but will inspire children to appreciate some of the world's great buildings.Buildings featured are:The Pantheon, Rome, Italy/ Pont du Gard, Nimes, France/ St Peters Piazza, Rome, Italy/ Beincke Brook Library, Yale University, Connecticut, USA/ Imperial Villa of Katsura, Kyoto, Japan/ The Parthenon, Athens, Greece/ Masjid-in shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran/ The Gherkin, London, UK/ The Ka'Ba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia /Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, UK/ Entrance to the Louvre Museum, Paris, France/ Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Anon, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt
Author Biography
Penny Ann Lane has worked for many years as a Montessori teacher. She comes from a family of architects and she is committed to showing how beautiful architecture can be. This is her first book for Frances Lincoln. Penny lives in Fyfield in Oxfordshire.
Excerpts
Circle
This roof has a large round opening in the top. You can see the light streaming in and making a huge pale circle on the wall. How would it feel to walk about in this building?
Semi-circle
Every arch on this bridge is a semi-circle. By joining up these arches, the builders made a strong bridge to cross the river. How long do you think it would take to walk across this bridge?
Oval
The sides of this oval piazza look like huge arms looking after the people inside it.
Why do you think the piazza was built like this?
This roof has a large round opening in the top. You can see the light streaming in and making a huge pale circle on the wall. How would it feel to walk about in this building?
Semi-circle
Every arch on this bridge is a semi-circle. By joining up these arches, the builders made a strong bridge to cross the river. How long do you think it would take to walk across this bridge?
Oval
The sides of this oval piazza look like huge arms looking after the people inside it.
Why do you think the piazza was built like this?
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