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Cathedral: By the Author of The Way Things Work
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From Mud Huts to Skyscrapers
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Architecture According to Pigeons
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Mr. Ferris and His Wheel
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The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House and Beyond
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If I Built a House (If I Built Series)
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Iggy Peck, Architect: A Picture Book
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What’s Inside?: Fascinating Structures Around the World
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Mosque
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Architecture: The World's Greatest Buildings Explored and Explained
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If You Lived Here: Houses of the World
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Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (6) (Women of Action)
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Anna M. Lewis (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Building Our House
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Building the Book Cathedral
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pyramid Builder: A Hazardous Job You'd Rather Not Have
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4.05 avg rating — 291 ratings
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Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing
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April Jones Prince (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 348 ratings
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See Inside Famous Buildings (See Inside Board Books)
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A City Through Time
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4.16 avg rating — 192 ratings
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Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building
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4.10 avg rating — 617 ratings
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Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
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Deborah Hopkinson (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 540 ratings
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Building a House
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3.72 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Castle
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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
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Mill
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Underground
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How a House Is Built
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3.93 avg rating — 310 ratings
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Pyramid
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction, Revised and in Full Color
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A City Through Time
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Pop-Up London
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4.53 avg rating — 98 ratings
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The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale
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3.82 avg rating — 241 ratings
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Building America
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Stephen Biesty's Incredible Everything
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4.26 avg rating — 54 ratings
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13 Buildings Children Should Know (13 Children Should Know)
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Animal Architects: Amazing Animals Who Build Their Homes
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3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
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Matthew Frederick (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 5,678 ratings
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Building Big
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Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs
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Susan Hughes (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 167 ratings
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The Brooklyn Bridge
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4.51 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Andrew Henry's Meadow
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4.66 avg rating — 962 ratings
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Where Is the Empire State Building?
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4.26 avg rating — 268 ratings
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The Roman Colosseum
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4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings
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The Magic School Bus Builds The Statue Of Liberty
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3.59 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi
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3.83 avg rating — 129 ratings
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Brilliant Brick Builds: Amazing Creations in LEGO
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Fantastic Feats and Failures
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3.79 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library
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Barb Rosenstock (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 971 ratings
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Landmarks On The Move: A globe-trotting mystery
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4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Watch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces
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Hadley Dyer (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 64 ratings
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Mind-Boggling Buildings (Knowledge)
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3.59 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activites (For Kids series)
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4.21 avg rating — 38 ratings
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Skyscraper Builder!: A Hazardous Job You'd Rather Not Take
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3.98 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Houses We Build
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Cross a Bridge
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Ryan Ann Hunter (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Unbuilding
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4.10 avg rating — 289 ratings
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Upstairs and Downstairs
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Look at That Building: A First Book of Structures (Exploring Our Community, 2)
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Scot Ritchie (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 71 ratings
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Houses Around the World
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My Painting Book Hundertwasser (Coloring Books)
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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (Illustrator)
3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Visual Dictionary of Buildings
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3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Draw Me a House: Architectural Ideas, Inspiration and Colouring In
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4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Building
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Great Medieval Projects: You Can Build Yourself
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3.94 avg rating — 32 ratings
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A Street Through Time
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National Archives Buildings That Made Lo
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David Long (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Build Your Own Theme Park: A Paper Cut-Out Book
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Lizz Lunney (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Biggest House in the World (Knopf Children's Paperbacks)
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3.96 avg rating — 565 ratings
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Fallingwater: The Building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterpiece
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4.03 avg rating — 411 ratings
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Most Magnificent Mosque
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4.09 avg rating — 78 ratings
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People at Work: The Builder
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The House of the Mosque
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The Great Wonder: The Building of the Great Pyramid
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Annabelle Howard (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Basher Science: Engineering: Machines and Buildings
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Tikal
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3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Statue of Liberty
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The House That Biff Built: Featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets
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Taj Mahal
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The House That George Built
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3.87 avg rating — 210 ratings
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The Parthenon
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I Wonder Why the Pyramids Were Built: and Other Questions about Egypt
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3.99 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Machu Picchu
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4.16 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Great Pyramid
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With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School
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Suzanne Slade (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Hundertwasser for Kids: Harvesting Dreams
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4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge
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The Usborne Book of Castles: Internet-Linked
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When Amelia Earhart Built a Roller Coaster
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Mark Weakland (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The House That Zack Built
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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
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The Castle That Jack Built (Usborne First Reading Level 3)
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4.20 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Who Built the Pyramids?
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Built to Last: The How and Why Behind Buildings. An Engaging Exploration of Architecture for Kids. Includes Castles, Cathedrals, and Mosques with Full-Color Illustrations
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4.29 avg rating — 273 ratings
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Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future
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Great Moments in Architecture
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A Port Through Time
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Steve Noon (Illustrator)
4.39 avg rating — 31 ratings
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A Street Through Time
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Steve Noon (Illustrator)
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Skyscrapers (Uncovering Technology)
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Skyscrapers: The Heights of Engineering
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Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book
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Andrea Beaty (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 12,785 ratings
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The Story of Architecture
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3.76 avg rating — 136 ratings
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