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Cathedral: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
Contributor(s): Macaulay, David (Author)

ISBN: 054410000X ISBN-13: 9780544100008
Publisher: Clarion Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2013

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art - Drawing
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Europe

Dewey: 726.6

LCCN: 2014497496

Age Level: 10-12

Grade Level: 5-7

Lexile Measure: 1120(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.46" H x 8.91" W x 11.09" L (1.26 lbs) 80 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Topical - Home Schooling
- Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
- Topical - Boy's Interest
- Topical - Girl's Interest

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Review Citations: School Library Journal 01/01/2014 pg. 122

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 47219
Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

A 1974 Caldecott Honor Book

Readers worldwide recognize Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay's imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux. This critically acclaimed book has been translated into a dozen languages and remains a classic of children's literature and a touchstone for budding architects. Cathedral's numerous awards include a prestigious Caldecott Honor and designation as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year for Macaulay's intricate pen-and-ink illustrations.

Journey back to centuries long ago and visit the fictional people of twelfth-, thirteenth-, and fourteenth-century Europe whose dreams, like Cathedral, stand the test of time.

This title has been selected as a Common Core text exemplar (Grades 6-8, Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics, and Technical Studies).

Contributor Bio(s): Macaulay, David: - David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given "to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations." Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.

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