Pub Date: August 1, 2022
Dewey: 621.38456
LCCN: 2021970063
Lexile Code: 0710
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 9.70" L x 8.00" W ( 0.90 lbs) 32 pages
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Description: "The city of Paris wanted to tear down the Eiffel Tower! Gustave Eiffel, an engineer and amateur scientist, had built the incredible structure for the 1889 World's Fair. Created using cutting-edge technology, it stood taller than any other building in the world! More than a million delighted people flocked to visit it during the fair. But the officials wondered, beyond being a spectacle, what is it good for? It must come down! But Eiffel loved his tower. He crafted a clever plan to make the tower too useful to tear down by turning it into "a laboratory such as science has never had at its disposal." As the date for the tower's demolition approached, Eiffel raced to prove its worth. Could science save the Eiffel Tower?"--
Brief description: Lia Visirin was born in a small town in Transylvania, Romania, where she now lives with her husband and many houseplants. She has a bachelor's degree in traditional graphic arts but is a self-taught children's book illustrator. Lia gets inspiration from nature, old photographs, and childhood memories, which transform into wonderfully whimsical illustrations.
Review Quotes: This picture-book biography celebrates the work of engineer Gustave Eiffel as he cleverly saves his masterpiece, the Eiffel Tower, which was built for the 1889 world's fair in Paris.--Ronny Khuri "Booklist"