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Shaping the structures of the world

Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei by Julie Leung

May 31, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei by Julie Leung and illustrated by Yifan Wu is a WOW! book. Not because it is the best book ever (though it is in the top 25 for 2024 so far), but because it is different from what I have been reading and it is about someone that I had never heard of before, or if I had, not someone who had “clicked” as he was not a mainstream name (such as Frank Lloyd […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 20th Century, architecture, art, Chinese, Chinese-Americans, Concepts, I. M. Pei, Julie Leung, migration & Immigration, shapes, Social Topics, Yifan Wu

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:210 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 20th Century, architecture, art, Chinese, Chinese-Americans, Concepts, I. M. Pei, Julie Leung, migration & Immigration, shapes, Social Topics, Yifan Wu ·
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Books

Zoom at Sea by Tim Wynne-Jones

Zoom Away by Tim Wynne-Jones

Zoom Upstream by Tim Wynne-Jones

How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

Paper Son by Julie Leung

Sign of Chaos by Roger Zelazny

The Princess who Saved Herself by Gregory Pak

81 Famous Poems: An Audio Companion to The Norton Anthology of Poetry by Various

May 19, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Zoom Trilogy Zoom at Sea “Zoom love water. Not to drink — he liked cream to drink –Zoom liked water to play with.” Zoom is a small cat who in the opening pages of this first book straps two wooden spoons to his paws so he can paddle in a sink full of water. This opens up an idea in him to make a small boat for the tub. Lastly he goes into the attic finding several sea-going artifacts and learns that his uncle is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: David Shannon, Gregory Pak, Julie Leung, Kwame Alexander, roger zelazny, Tim Wynne-Jones, various

vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:343 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: David Shannon, Gregory Pak, Julie Leung, Kwame Alexander, roger zelazny, Tim Wynne-Jones, various ·
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