Frank Lloyd Wright for kids / Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen.

Main entry:

Thorne-Thomsen, Kathleen.

Title & Author:

Frank Lloyd Wright for kids / Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

v, 137 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 137).
Biography: Growing up -- Finding a job -- Learning to be an architect -- A home -- A studio -- The prairie houses -- The Hollyhock House -- Fallingwater -- Activities: Cooking Frank Lloyd Wright's favorite breakfast -- Learning how nature grows above and below the ground -- Learning more about the basic geometric shapes -- Finding the hidden shapes within the objects -- Discovering patterns made with shapes -- Learning about symmetry -- Comparing the design of houses -- Interviewing a long-time resident of your neighborhood -- Searching for clues to the history of old houses -- Reading architectural plans to solve a maze -- Drawing realistic and abstract flowers -- Making a paper flower from basic geometric shapes -- Experimenting with colors -- Building a cantilever and a model of Fallingwater with Graham crackers -- Making a model textile block from plaster -- Listening for sounds made by water -- Working a crossword puzzle -- Designing a city -- Finding hexagons in nature -- Planning seasonal festivals -- Planning a field trip to a Frank Lloyd Wright house -- Bibliography and answers.

Summary:

Provides an introduction to the life and work of the architect and includes activities and recipes based on his life and art.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

155652207X
9781556522079
0758789963
9780758789969

Subject:

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Juvenile literature.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Wright, Frank Lloyd.
Architects United States Biography Juvenile literature.
Learning by discovery Juvenile literature.
Perceptual learning Juvenile literature.
Architects.
Architecture.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Apprentissage par la découverte Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Apprentissage perceptif Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Learning by discovery
Perceptual learning
Biografie
Kinderspiel
Spielzeug
United States

Form/genre:

Biography.
Instructional materials.
Biographies.
Recipes.
Poems.
collective biographies.
Literature
Juvenile works
Littérature.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 154092
Call No.: NA44.W949.7 T4 1994
Status: Available

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