Title Why humans build up : the rise of towers, temples and skyscrapers / Gregor Craigie ; illustrated by Kathleen Fu.

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Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2022.

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Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	J720.483 CRA	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J 720 CRA	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Children's Books	J 720.4 CRAIGIE	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction	J 720 CRA	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department	J 720 CRAIGIE	Check Shelf

Description	86 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Series	Orca timeline ; 1
	Orca timeline ; 1.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 82) and index.
Summary	"People have been constructing tall buildings for thousands of years, for many different reasons. Castle walls kept people safe. Observatories give people a bird's-eye view. Beautiful buildings stand out in the crowd. With a growing global population, we need more space. But what does that mean for the health of the planet? Tall buildings may be part of the answer to building a sustainable future." -- Back cover.
	"Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series, with photographs and illustrations throughout. This book explores why and how people have constructed taller and taller buildings over the course of human history."-- Provided by publisher.
Form	Issued also in electronic format.
Contents	Introduction -- Security: building tall to stay safe -- Spirituality: for those who dream of the heavens -- Ingenuity: structures as inventive as they are tall -- Utility: sometimes being the tallest thing around is useful -- Rivalry: competition to build sky-high -- Beauty: built to be beautiful -- Industry: rising up to get the job done -- Observatories: building a bird's-eye view -- Luxury: creating extravagant homes high in the sky -- Efficiency: using less land by building up -- Sustainability: can tall buildings help us save the planet?
Subject	Tall buildings -- Juvenile literature.
	Skyscrapers -- Juvenile literature.
	High-rise apartment buildings -- Juvenile literature.
	Temples -- Juvenile literature.
	Observatories -- Juvenile literature.
	Tall buildings.
	Buildings.
	Tall buildings. (OCoLC)fst01142303
Genre/Form	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Informational works.
	Illustrated works.
Added Author	Fu, Kathleen, illustrator.
Other Form:	Online version: Craigie, Gregor. Why humans build up. Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2022 1459827171 9781459827172 (OCoLC)1280310751
ISBN	9781459821880 (hardcover)
	1459821882 (hardcover)
	9781459827189 (ePub ebook)
	9781459827172 (PDF ebook)

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