Follows, in simple text and illustrations, the building of a skyscraper step by step.Up Goes the Skyscraper!
By Gail Gibbons http://www.gailgibbons.com/
Illustrated by Gail Gibbons
Edition: illustrated
Published by Four Winds Press, 1986
ISBN 0027367800, 9780027367805
32 pages
Gibbons' specialty is non-fiction ...
... picture books with brilliant colors, bold design, and subjects of special interest to her audience. Like dinosaurs, skyscrapers hold perpetual fascination; here's a step-by-step description of their construction. Beginning with the space demands that lead to the need for such a building, Gibbons covers design, the stages of construction from foundation to crowning the top with an evergreen for good luck and finishing the interior. The reader becomes a sidewalk superintendent with a prime view as the tower cranes mount this appropriately tall, slim book. The brief narrative, copious captions, and, best, the clear pictures unite to make a highly informative book on a popular subject.Kirkus Reviews Copyright (c) VNU Business Media, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
Jones has outdone herself in this frolicking, warmhearted fantasy. Convinced she's a failure, Sophie Hatter is resigned to working in her stepmother's hat shop. Then the evil Witch of the Waste appears, turning Sophie into an old woman. For the first time, Sophie must take charge of her own life. But she also must free herself from the Witch's spelland the only one who can help her is the Wizard Howl, whose moving castle is terrifying the countryside and who is rumored to suck the souls of young girls. Everything is part of a vast jigsaw puzzle, and no one and nothing is as it seems. There are spells and counterspells, battles, fire demons, possessed scarecrows, lost loves, and intertwining worlds, and it's all great fun. Thoroughly enjoyable, a wonderful blend of humor, magic and romance.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3 Ages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Gibbons' usual work is still very unusual and, as usual, she has done a magnificent job of explaining a complex subject. Without oversimplification, she traces in straightforward text and brightly colored pictures the construction of a skyscraper from the clearing of the site to tenant move-in. Younger children will find answers to many questions, including why an evergreen tree is placed on top of a new building. Older children will appreciate the additional details and definitions incorporated into the illustrations. Male and female, multi-ethnic workers are included for a variety of trades and professions. Nothing similar is available for this age group; Sandak's Skyscrapers (Watts, 1984) is broader in scope and slightly higher in reading level. Like a skyscraper, Up Goes the Skyscraper! packs a lot into a small amount of space. Jeanette Larson, Mesquite Public Library, Tex.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
Jones has outdone herself in this frolicking, warmhearted fantasy. Convinced she's a failure, Sophie Hatter is resigned to working in her stepmother's hat shop. Then the evil Witch of the Waste appears, turning Sophie into an old woman. For the first time, Sophie must take charge of her own life. But she also must free herself from the Witch's spelland the only one who can help her is the Wizard Howl, whose moving castle is terrifying the countryside and who is rumored to suck the souls of young girls. Everything is part of a vast jigsaw puzzle, and no one and nothing is as it seems. There are spells and counterspells, battles, fire demons, possessed scarecrows, lost loves, and intertwining worlds, and it's all great fun. Thoroughly enjoyable, a wonderful blend of humor, magic and romance.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3 Ages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Gibbons' usual work is still very unusual and, as usual, she has done a magnificent job of explaining a complex subject. Without oversimplification, she traces in straightforward text and brightly colored pictures the construction of a skyscraper from the clearing of the site to tenant move-in. Younger children will find answers to many questions, including why an evergreen tree is placed on top of a new building. Older children will appreciate the additional details and definitions incorporated into the illustrations. Male and female, multi-ethnic workers are included for a variety of trades and professions. Nothing similar is available for this age group; Sandak's Skyscrapers (Watts, 1984) is broader in scope and slightly higher in reading level. Like a skyscraper, Up Goes the Skyscraper! packs a lot into a small amount of space. Jeanette Larson, Mesquite Public Library, Tex.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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