Cathedral by David Macaulay

Title: Cathedral

Author/Illustrator:     David Macaulay  

Publisher:     Houghton Mifflin

Year: 1973

Awards/Accolades: Caldecott Honor

Summary:

A fictionalized story frames the very detailed description of the process of building a cathedral.

Use in Classroom/Library:

Study of Middle Ages

Curriculum Connections:

Science: simple machines at work; 
Social studies: middle ages
Art: building diagrams

Special Features:

Preface by author explaining what has been fictionalized in the book.

This title is in the Saint Joseph School Library.