Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish
Philip M. Isaacson. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-394-89382-2
With poetic language and detailed photographs, Round Buildings, Square Buildings & Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish (1988) by Philip M. Isaacson makes the human-made seem positively organic. He describes the Taj Mahal as ""made of marble the color of cream,"" a stone church ""like an old monk gathered up in his robes"" and windows as ""pathways to the spirit of a building."" (Random, $19.95 124p ages 12-up ISBN 0-394-89382-4; Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 09/01/2001
Genre: Children's
Library Binding - 128 pages - 978-0-394-99382-9
Paperback - 128 pages - 978-1-101-93320-6