How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Awesome Structures; Roma Agrawal, illustrated by Katie Hickey6/1/2022
Kids love to build with pretty much anything they can get their hands on as the quest to build higher, wider and longer is pursued from an early age. This cracking non-fiction read by award-winning structural engineer Roma Agrawal will delight any curious young minds that have ever looked and wondered, ‘How was that built?’.
Humankind have been building things for thousands of years. From mud huts and primitive cities to the incredible modern structures that we see today. The race is always on to build taller, longer, wider and in ever more challenging places and behind every great building is an innovative team of women and men who have to find the answers to the question, ‘How are we going to build that?’. It’s time to see the world differently and take a peek through the eyes of an engineer…
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Any reader, young or old, who is fascinated by the world and wants to visit some of the coolest places on the planet will be captivated by this superb non-fiction book. And of course, who doesn’t want to know, ‘How does chocolate taste on Everest?’, I won’t be revealing the answer, you’ll have to check out the book for yourself.
Combining exciting adventure, a plethora of amazing facts and snippets of historical information, Leisa Stewart-Sharpe and Aaron Cushley take the reader on an epic journey to some of Earth’s most extreme places. How Does Chocolate Taste on Everest? is a wonderful attack on the senses as readers see, hear, smell, taste and feel their way through twelve incredible places in all corners of the globe. |
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