“Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction” by David Macaulay

A Caldecott Honor Book

About David Macaulay
An award-winning author and illustrator who trained as an architect at the Rhode Island School of Design and then turned his pen to explaining how the world’s great structures were built. Born in England in 1946, he moved to the United States as a boy. He won the Caldecott Medal for “Black and White,” earned Caldecott Honors for “Cathedral” and “Castle,” and wrote the bestselling “The Way Things Work.” In 2006 he received a MacArthur “genius” Fellowship. His detailed pen-and-ink drawings delight children and adults alike.

About the Book
In the year 1252, the people of the imaginary French town of Chutreaux decide to build the grandest cathedral of their age. Macaulay follows them for nearly a century as masons, carpenters, and glassmakers raise it stone by stone, from the first foundation trench to the final spire. His drawings show exactly how a Gothic masterpiece was made, scaffolds, arches, and all.

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