Cathedral (children's book)

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Cathedral: The Story of its Construction
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Author David Macaulay
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Houghton Mifflin
Publication date
1973
Publication placeUnited States of America
Pages80
ISBN 978-0-395-17513-2

Cathedral: The Story of its Construction is an illustrated book written by David Macaulay. Published in 1973 by Houghton Mifflin, it was the author's first book.

Cathedral tells the story of the construction of a great medieval cathedral using pen-and-ink drawings. [1] [2] It won the 1975 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for children's non-fiction. It was adapted into a television documentary in 1986.

References

  1. ↑ Heller, Steven (5 December 1999). "Quicker Than St. John the Divine; David Macaulay reconstructs his most successful book only 25 years after its first completion". New York Times. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Jenkins, Mark (27 July 2007). "Deconstructing the Art of Architecture". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Teaching resources
PBS documentary


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