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The Young Urbanists Handbook

making sense of cities

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Category: Books (Under 8 yr)

Architecture & Engineering Books (Under 8 yr)

Rosie Revere, Engineer

BOOK

Andrea Beaty (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator), Harry N. Abrams, 2013

Your brilliant first flop was a raging success! Come on, let’s get busy and go onto the next!


For Rosie Revere’s Big Project Book for Bold Engineers, click here.

 

Architects Architecture & Engineering Books (Under 8 yr)

The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale

BOOK

Steven Guarnaccia, Harry N. Abrams, 2010

The first little pig decided to build his house of scraps.

Architects Architecture & Engineering Books (Under 8 yr)

Iggy Peck, Architect

BOOK

Andrea Beaty (Author), David Roberts (Illustrator), Harry N. Abrams, 2007

Good Gracious, Ignacious!’ his mother exclaimed. ‘That’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen!


For Iggy Peck’s Big Project Book for Amazing Architects, click here.

Books (8-12 yr) Books (Under 8 yr) Historic Cities History & Identity

See inside ‘Ancient Rome’

BOOK

Katie Daynes, Usborne Books, 2006

On the streets. More than one million people live in Rome. The streets are alive from sunrise to sunset with people shopping, eating and running errands. 

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