How cities work : explore the city inside, outside and underground : with loads of flaps to lift
Hancock, James Gulliver2016
Books, Manuscripts
This series for children looks at different cities around the world with a child's viewpoint. This title focuses on the workings of a city, any city, from the sewers to the skyscrapers, revealing the secret underlife of a city, inside, outside, and underground. Written in a big board book style format it includes lots of detailed drawings and lift the flaps to see inside the buildings, and as kids unfold the pages they can find out what's going on above, below, or inside. Discover the architecture and the types of dwellings, find out how cities grow, and the importance of green spaces,or who works under the streets, and what the cities of the future will be like, and much more.
Main title:
How cities work : explore the city inside, outside and underground : with loads of flaps to lift / James Gulliver Hancock.
Author:
Hancock, James Gulliver, author illustrator
Imprint:
Carlton, Victoria : Lonely Planet Global Limited, 2016.
Collation:
22 pages (unnumbered) : colour illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm.
Series title:
Audience:
Interest grade level: Lower primary.; Upper primary.
Contents:
The birth of a cityIn and out of the cityCity livingBuild build buildHigh-rise lifeGreen spacesGoing undergroundCity HillEmergency ServicesRecreation and cultureNight and DayCities of the future.
ISBN:
9781786570215 (hardback)
Dewey class:
307.7609
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
345995
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 307.7609 HOW | Available |
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 307.7609 HOW | Available |