Awards

• Commended for Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2013
• Short-listed for Monarch Award 2016
• Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Picture Book) 2015
• Winner of Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award (Transitional Nonfiction) 2013

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This extraordinary new picture book masterfully tackles the complex task of contextualizing seemingly complex architectural concepts within a child's own world of play. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * Deftly rendered. -- The Horn Book Magazine, starred review A clever introduction to architecture... This book is more accessible than J. Patrick Lewis's Monumental Verse (National Geographic, 2005) or a more factual text like Culture in Action: Architecture (Raintree, 2009) and is a good precursor for either of them. -- School Library Journal Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner, The Boston Globe/The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare, Horn Book Magazine Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Children's and Young Adult Book Award, International Reading Association (IRA) Notable Children's Book, American Library Association (ALA) Armadillo Readers' Choice Award Nominee, Round Rock Independent School District Eureka! Award, California Reading Association Kentucky Bluegrass Master List Monarch Award Master List, Illinois School Library Media Association Read! Build! Play! Summer Reading list of Books that Inspire Play, ALSC and LEGO Silver Bells Honor List, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy Bell Picture Book Award

* This extraordinary new picture book masterfully tackles the complex task of contextualizing seemingly complex architectural concepts within a child's own world of play. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * Deftly rendered. -- The Horn Book Magazine, starred review A clever introduction to architecture... This book is more accessible than J. Patrick Lewis's Monumental Verse (National Geographic, 2005) or a more factual text like Culture in Action: Architecture (Raintree, 2009) and is a good precursor for either of them. -- School Library Journal Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner, The Boston Globe/The Horn Book Magazine Fanfare, Horn Book Magazine Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College of Education Children's and Young Adult Book Award, International Literacy Association (ILA) Notable Children's Book, American Library Association (ALA) Armadillo Readers' Choice Award Nominee, Round Rock Independent School District Eureka! Award, California Reading Association Kentucky Bluegrass Master List Monarch Award Master List, Illinois School Library Media Association Read! Build! Play! Summer Reading list of Books that Inspire Play, ALSC and LEGO Silver Bells Honor List, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy Bell Picture Book Award

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* ""This extraordinary new picture book masterfully tackles the complex task of contextualizing seemingly complex architectural concepts within a child's own world of play."" -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review * ""Deftly rendered."" -- The Horn Book, starred review ""A clever introduction to architecture... This book is more accessible than J. Patrick Lewis's Monumental Verse (National Geographic, 2005) or a more factual text like Culture in Action: Architecture (Raintree, 2009) and is a good precursor for either of them."" -- School Library Journal ALSC Notable Children's Books - American Library Association (ALA) Armadillo Readers' Choice Award Nominee - Round Rock Independent School District Best Children's Books of the Year - Bank Street College of Education Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Winner - The Horn Book California Book Awards - Commonwealth Club Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy Silver Bells - Colorado State Library Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award - California Reading Association Horn Book Fanfare - The Horn Book Kentucky Bluegrass Award Shortlist - Kentucky Association of School Librarians Monarch Award - Association of Illinois School Library Educators

Author Information

Christy Haleis the author and illustrator of several acclaimed children's books, including four published by Lee & Low, and she has illustrated numerous other award-winning picture books as well. Hale also works in the children's book field as an art director, a designer, and an educator, offering programs at schools, libraries, and museums. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California. You can learn more about her at christyhale.com. CHRISTY HALE has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building and several other titles for Lee & Low Books. She is also an art educator and has introduced young readers to the lives and works of many artists through Instructor magazine's Masterpiece of the Month feature and accompanying workshops. Hale lives with her husband in Palo Alto, California. You can visit her online at christyhale.com.

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