The New Way Things Work
David Macaulay
ISBN 10: 0395938473 ISBN 13: 9780395938478
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998
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Synopsis:
A Caldecott winner demystifies the machinery of the computer age with the help of a charming woolly mammoth in a completely updated version of an earlier work which details the latest innovations from cars and microchips to watches and lasers.
About the Author:
David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post–Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given “to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.” Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The New Way Things Work
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Acceptable