Skyscraper

The stunning visual history of the rise of the skyscraper in the United States and around the world told with “dramatic paintings and lucid prose” (School Library Journal) from award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee—now with a new look!

Did you know that it took ten million bricks to build the Empire State Building? Or that residents of the John Hancock Center sometimes have to call down to the doorman to find out the weather on the streets below? Or that a building in Dubai is nearly ...