Here are some great children's books about construction in America:
Weaver, Janice, and Bonnie Shemie. Building America. Plattsburgh, N.Y: Tundra Books, 2002. Print. Learn about our country's most famous buildings, how they were built, who designed them, and what makes them unique.
Hopkinson, Deborah, and James Ransome. Sky Boys : How They Built the Empire State Building. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2006. Print.This is a fictional story about a young boy who watches the Empire State Building being constructed brick-by-brick near his neighborhood in Manhattan.
Low, William. Old Penn Station. New York: H. Holt, 2007. Print.
The old Penn Station building was much more attractive than its modern replacement. I'm sad that I never got to the see the original which was demolished in 1963.
Low, William. Old Penn Station. New York: H. Holt, 2007. Print.The old Penn Station building was much more attractive than its modern replacement. I'm sad that I never got to the see the original which was demolished in 1963.
