Adler, D. A. and N. Tobin (1998). Shape up! New York, Holiday House.
Uses cheese slices, pretzel sticks, a slice of bread, graph paper, a pencil, and more to introduce various polygons, flat shapes with varying numbers of straight sides.
Barton, B. (1984). Building a house. [New York, NY], Puffin Books.
From surveyors to buyers moving in,this beginner's reader book describes through pictures the steps in building a house.
Bryant-Mole, K. (1996). Los materiales. Parsippany, N.J., Silver Press.
Photographs introduce a variety of materials, such as wool, glass, and paper.
Bryant-Mole, K. (1997). Materials. Parsippany, N.J., Silver Press.
Photographs as well as text introduce a variety of materials such as wool, glass, and paper.
Deedrick, T. (1998). Construction workers. Mankato, Minn., Bridgestone Books.
Different houses, materials, shapes and sizes; this book allows the reader to name all the diverse workers (i.e. contractor, surveyor, septic system crew, heating specialists, landscapers) involved in designing, building, and decorating a new home. A simple shelters of the past reference allows the reader to compare how homes are alike and different in different cultures and historical times.
Dodds, D. A. and J. Lacome (1994). The shape of things. Cambridge, Mass., Candlewick Press.
A simple book about shapes.
Gibbons, G. (1990). How a house is built. New York, Holiday House.
Describes in very simple terms how the surveyor, heavy machinery operators, carpenter crew, plumbers, and other workers build a house.
Haslam, A., D. Glover, et al. (2000). Building. Princeton, Two-Can.
Hands-on experiments introduce such structures as skyscrapers, dams, keystone bridges, igloos, and lock gates and show the materials used, the method of construction, and the source of strength.
Holm, A. and F. Hald (2001). Anton y los dragones: Un libro sobre Gaudi. Barcelona, Ediciiones Serres, S.L.
A translation from Danish into Spanish of the story of a boy as he discoveres Gaudi's artwork in Barcelona with his father. This children's book is broken down into chapters and would be a great read aloud book when supported with more visual materials such as http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Park_Guell.html.
Kent, P. (1996). A slice through a city. Brookfield, Conn., Millbrook Press.
Detailed cross-sections show a city from the Stone Age to the twentieth century, including the structures which are raised and torn down, the people who inhabit the city, and an accumulating underground collection of artifacts.
Kent, P. (1998). Hidden under the ground : the world beneath your feet. New York Dutton Children's Books,.
If you are interested on learning about what the world beneath your feet is like, then this is the book for you. Divided in two-page sections that explore topics such as the history of going underground, caves and caverns, digging for minerals, homes, the street beneath our feet,etc. It has great colorful illustrations.
Laden, N. (2000). Roberto : the insect architect. San Francisco, Chronicle Books.
A termite moves into the city to build his dream of becoming an architect but nobody wants to hire him. This is a very whimsical and witty story full of colorful and idiomatic expressions.
Morgan, S. (1995). Spirals. New York, Thomson Learning.
Morgan, S. (1995). Triangles and pyramids. New York, Thomson Learning.