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Kaner, Etta

Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More: The Eco-Journal of Corry Lapont

64 pp. | Kids Can | April, 2012 | Library ISBN 978-1-55453-570-5 $18.95
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Stephen MacEachern. Fictional Corry travels worldwide with her engineer parents for a year collecting postcards, information, and examples regarding skyscrapers, bridges, tunnels, domes, dams, levees, etc., with some doable experiments to illustrate principles. Accurate, accessible information about the multiple engineering challenges of such structures is enriched with numerous photos and drawings; the tone is light, but the subject is treated seriously. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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