For children with a passion for drawing, or dreams of creating buildings, this book explores how architects really work, taking the young reader through the entire process for planning and designing a house. Learn about an architect s four main drawings: the Site Plan, Floor Plan, Section, and Elevation including the concept of drawing each plan to scale. Aspiring architects discover design techniques, along with different, exciting architectural styles used today. All of this is brought to life in freehand, pen-and-ink architectural drawings that will inspire children to apply these lessons to their own designs. This book is the perfect introduction to architecture, revealing why buildings look and function as they do. While this creative book is ideal for the middle grades, ages 9-12, even adults will find it inspiring."

Complete the building site scenes in this entertaining sticker book. There are lots of stickers of diggers, cranes and other building sites machines to use.

Get to grips with diggers and construction vehicles in this exciting lift-the-flap baby book

A beautifully illustrated book for babies featuring lots of noisy diggers working together on a very busy building site. Turn the pages and lift the flaps to watch the big-wheeled digger shovel and scoop up the rubble with its big metal bucket, see how the long-armed crane stretches up high with a very heavy load, and watch the road roller chug slowly along to flatten the ground. With busy vehicles pushing, pulling, tipping, rumbling, chugging, scooping, and beeping, little ones will love learning about what happens on the building site, and joining in to make the noisy digger sounds.

This hard-wearing board book has large flaps for babies and toddlers to lift and sturdy pages for little ones who are beginning to turn the pages. They'll reveal the busy diggers doing different jobs and working hard to build a shiny new house! The short text is fun to read aloud and share with toddlers, while labels develop vocabulary and help little ones to learn the names of all their favourite diggers and trucks.

Children with dreams of designing buildings will discover how architects actually work in this workbook, which builds on the concepts introduced in The Future Architect's Handbook. It walks readers through the drawings created by Aaron, a young architect building his own home. Going a step further, children will learn how to create their own drawings and build a model of their design, using an included tool kit consisting of graph paper and an architect's scale, pencil, and drafting eraser. Finally, readers are challenged to design homes for a group of imaginary clients. Freehand pen-and-ink drawings bring the instructions to life. This book is the perfect introduction to what an architect does at work and why buildings look and function as they do. Ideal for middle grades ages 8-13, but creative adults will also find it inspiring.

In this delightfully original take on nonfiction, bestselling author Dave Eggers tackles one of the most famous architectural and natural monuments in the world: the Golden Gate Bridge. Cut-paper illustrations by Tucker Nichols ensures that this book feels like a special object, and the revised edition includes real-life letters from constituents making the case for keeping the bridge orange. The narrative's sly humor makes the topic perfectly accessible for kids enthusiastic about nonfiction. This one-of-a-kind book transports readers to the glorious Golden Gate, no matter where they live.

Help Georgie the giraffe find a new home with this entertaining and educational Colour and Create book. With over 50 beautiful pages to design, little architects will have hours of fun colouring and drawing skyscrapers, castles, houseboats and more. The book encourages budding designers to use their imagination, memory and observation skills to explore the world around them in a playful and informative way. Enjoy the journey and get creative as you design a dream home!

Take a look at how computers are designed, how engineers program them and how all the data in computers is held. Find out about memory, outputs and inputs, explore amazing feats of computing such as the web, artificial intelligence and virtual reality and imagine what computers might be able to do in the future. Test your understanding with fun activities, such as writing your own program using a programming language such as Scratch. Inject some fun into STEAM topics with these lively examinations of buildings, robots, computers, vehicles, materials and space! This bright, colourful series aims to inspire children aged 8 and up with a lifelong love of STEAM subjects.

Take a look at how aeroplanes are designed, how they take off and how engineers make sure they stay up in the sky. Find out about cars, trains, boats and helicopters, explore remarkable vehicles from self-driving cars to maglev trains and space rovers, and admire some of the world's most iconic cars. Test your understanding with fun projects such as making your own mini-maglev from plastic bricks and magnets.

Inject some fun into STEAM topics, with these lively examinations of buildings, robots, computers, vehicles, materials and space! This bright, colourful new series aims to inspire children with a lifelong love of STEAM subjects.

A one-of-a-kind project book that turns into 30 incredible inventions. The Extraordinary Book That Invents Itself turns itself into rockets, code-breakers, bionic hands, balancing acrobats, demolition balls, constellation viewers and many more ingenious human inventions. Each invention is introduced very simply, with the scientific and engineering principles behind it, and all the templates, tips and instructions to create it yourself. A pull-out Inventors Handbook includes easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions and clever hacks to help every young inventor achieve success.

Includes clip art on CD-ROM and fold-out wall chart in plastic sleeve inside back cover.

Dive into a new subject with the Know It All series. Each book focuses on a new topic and is packed with fascinating facts and stunning images. There is a lot to know, and this is the perfect place to start.

Shang Dynasty China looks at one of the most fascinating and advanced ancient civilisations. Through structures as imposing as the tomb of a warrior queen or objects as beautiful and complex as a decorated bronze vessel, readers aged 9 and up gain a picture of who was who in ancient China and how the civilisation in which they lived worked. Perfect for Key Stage 2, each book in Great Civilisations approaches its subject through a scene-setting spread Who/where were the... then introduces the achievements of the chosen civilisation through 12 structures or objects, each of which illustrates a key aspect or theme. Writing, architecture, industry, warfare, transport and learning are all covered in the same simple, colourful and engaging way. Fact boxes and panels present incidental information and point the reader to the importance of parallel developments in other parts of the world.

Dump Truck, Dump Truck Coming through! I spy a triangle-how about you? It's no secret that toddlers of any gender love big vehicles. Shape Up, Construction Trucks! uses rhyming verse and bright photographs to celebrate this enthusiasm in a unique take on conceptual shape books. Each spread highlights geometric shapes hiding in plain sight on excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and more. And after the toddlers have browsed the pages to their heart's content, a final note to parents offers enriching, age-appropriate activities to keep building their child's foundational learning skills. With repetitive, easy-to-remember verse from the award-winning author of Nat the Cat Can Sleep Like That, Victoria Allenby's Shape Up, Construction Trucks! is a highly visual shape book that digs deep. It earned starred reviews from School Library Journal, which called it, "clear, crisp, clean, and concise," and from Kirkus Reviews, which declared it was "sure to be a hit."

Meet the S.T.E.A.M. pioneer - Frank Lloyd Wright - and discover his fascinating life story and inspirations. Frank Lloyd Wright tells the story of this key scientific figure - covering his whole life's journey and his amazing legacy to science today. Masterminds introduces some of the world's great scientists, inventors and artists, retelling their lives and explaining why their work is important. Clear photographic designs bring a real-life quality to these biographies and major S.T.E.A.M. discoveries. Provides an understanding of scientific discoveries and presents inspirational lives from a variety of diverse backgrounds. Includes a timeline of the person's life and shows the ongoing legacy that we can see around us today. Perfect for readers aged 7 and up. Titles in this series: Rachel Carson George Washington Carver Marie Curie Rosalind Franklin Jane Goodall Stephen Hawking Katherine Johnson Nikola Tesla Leonardo da Vinci Frank Lloyd Wright

Imagine a house's early days as a home: A young family builds a picket fence and plants flowers in its yard, children climb the magnolia tree and play the piano in the living room, and there is music inside the house for many happy years. But what will happen when its windows grow dark, its paint starts to crumble, and its boards creak in the winter wind? The house dreams of a family who will love it again...and one day, a new story will emerge from within its walls. In this modern classic, Erin Napier's lyrical prose and Adam Trest's warm and comforting paintings deeply evoke the soul of a house cherishing the seasons of life and discovering the joy of rebirth.

What do you get when you cross a digger and a dinosaur?

A DIGGERSAUR (of course!)

These mighty beasts are the perfect mixture of two childhood favourite things, and they're off on a wonderful rhythmic, rhyming adventure full of funny details to spot and noisy diggersaur sounds to shout out loud. This book is a colourful burst of fun from this fantastic debut illustrator.

"The story of an inspired building and an inspirational civilization."

The Parthenon is more than a magnificent building. Every marble statue, every graceful column, is an expression of a civilization whose three great values still speak to us today: "Democracy." At a time of godlike rulers, ordinary citizens voted to build the Parthenon. "Humanism." The Parthenon's art honored Athens' water carriers as well as its gods. "Balance." The Parthenon's aesthetic brought lightness and grace to height and mass.

The Parthenon tells of the rise of Athens -- from the religion that nurtured it, through the wars that tested it, to the democracy that ennobled it -culminating in the construction of the great temple on the Acropolis. The book not only captures the human stories, but also vividly illustrates the technical details behind the construction, from quarrying of the marbles to carving of the exquisite frieze. To look at the Parthenon is to see Athens. To see Athens, is to see ourselves.

"Wonders of the World" series

The winner of numerous awards, this series is renowned for Elizabeth Mann's ability to convey adventure and excitement while revealing technical information in engaging and easily understood language. The illustrations are lavishly realistic and accurate in detail but do not ignore the human element. Outstanding in the genre, these books are sure to bring even the most indifferent young reader into the worlds of history, geography, and architecture.

""One of the ten best non-fiction series for young readers."" - Booklist

Build your very own ROLLER COASTER MARBLE RUN completely from this book! Press out the pieces, assemble your roller coaster and watch as your structure grows. Then race marbles from two starting points and see which marble comes out first! With extra information about the science behind your build, this book will keep master builders entertained for hours.

Who built the first houses? What's the difference between an arch and an architrave? How does a dome stay up? Who invented concrete? Can you build a house from paper? If you want to know more about the buildings around you, this entertaining illustrated guide is a perfect introduction to architecture around the world. From the mud huts of ancient history to today's towering edifices, you can explore iconic buildings and find out more about the people who created them. You'll also discover the development of different building materials, from mud and straw to paper, steel and reinforced concrete. AGES: 5 to 11 AUTHORS: Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababala, a Barcelona-based independent studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and workbooks for children that are practical and fun. Other books he has worked on include My First Book of Quantum Physics, also published by Button Books. Berta Bardi i Mila is a Lecturer at the School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona. She has a PhD in Architectural Design. Berta specialises in modern architecture, and the methodology of teaching architecture. This is her first book for Button Books.

This visually exciting lift-the-flap book charts the rise of an urban skyscraper, covering every stage of its construction - from safely demolishing its predecessor to hanging glass walls forty storeys up. With over 70 flaps to lift, revealing modern construction methods and showing how different tools and vehicles are used.

Aspiring architects will be in their element Explore this illustrated narrative history of buildings for young readers, an amazing construction in itself.
We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them. We go to school in them. We work in them. But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? Why did they start to decorate them in different ways? From the pyramid erected so that an Egyptian pharaoh would last forever to the dramatic, machine-like Pompidou Center designed by two young architects, Patrick Dillon's stories of remarkable buildings -- and the remarkable people who made them -- celebrates the ingenuity of human creation. Stephen Biesty's extraordinarily detailed illustrations take us inside famous buildings throughout history and demonstrate just how these marvelous structures fit together.

Craft meets STEAM in these lively books that will help you design, build and create! Get ready to build your very own castle! From battlements to jousting grounds and secret rooms, step-by-step projects will give you all the instructions you need to make every element a model castle requires. Learn about principles of design and engineering as well as craft techniques to unleash your creativity! Every project has been designed to work using things you can find lying around at home, like disposable containers and packaging, and basic art and craft equipment. Why not check out the other books in the Maker Models series? Each book focuses on a place and will go through creating various parts of the structure. You could learn to make a space centre, a fairground, a transport hub, a mini-garden and biosphere or a theatre and film set and all the elements that constitute them. For children aged 9+, this illustrated series will be great for rainy days and science days and a good inspiration for DT classes and clubs.