This shapes book with a difference features 12 buildings from around the world. Each spread is devoted to one shape - both two- and three-dimensional shapes eg circle, square, rectangle, cube, pyramid and cylinder. Each building is illustrated in full colour with the geometric shape reproduced again on the page. This inventive and intriguing approach not only reinforces the learning of everyday shapes, but will inspire children to appreciate some of the world's great buildings.

Buildings featured are:

The Pantheon, Rome, Italy/ Pont du Gard, Nimes, France/ St Peters Piazza, Rome, Italy/ Beinecke Library, Yale University, Connecticut, USA/ Imperial Villa of Katsura, Kyoto, Japan/ The Parthenon, Athens, Greece/ Masjid-in shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran/ The Gherkin, London, UK/ The Ka'Ba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia /Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, UK/ Entrance to the Louvre Museum, Paris, France/ Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amon, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd .

Penny Ann Lane has worked for many years as a Montessori teacher. She comes from a family of architects and she is committed to showing how beautiful architecture can be. This is her first book for Frances Lincoln. Penny lives in Fyfield in Oxfordshire.

This book has the following chapters: The Pantheon, Rome, Italy

Pont du Gard, Nimes, France

St Peters Piazza, Rome, Italy

Beinecke Library, Yale University, Connecticut, USA

Imperial Villa of Katsura, Kyoto, Japan

The Parthenon, Athens, Greece

Masjid-in shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran

The Gherkin, London, UK

The Ka'Ba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, UK

Entrance to the Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amon, Karnak, Thebes, Egypt