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K-Gr 3—This picture book biography of Frank Lloyd Wright addresses the question: Do seeds planted early in life bloom into greatness? Wright's mother decorated the walls of his nursery with pictures of architectural marvels and gave him the toy that would most spark his imagination: a set of wooden blocks. Readers witness a young Wright creating elaborate designs with his blocks and discovering through play how shapes are made of other shapes. Later in life, while performing ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The life and work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright provide a rich mine of material for biographers and art historians. Going's picture-book biography is sensibly limited to two themes--geometry and nature--tracing how Wright's early childhood, spent playing and dreaming in forests and fields and building with geometric blocks, was the foundation of his work and his long and illustrious career. She writes lovingly and rhyth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The life and work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright provide a rich mine of material for biographers and art historians. Going's picture-book biography is sensibly limited to two themes--geometry and nature--tracing how Wright's early childhood, spent playing and dreaming in forests and fields and building with geometric blocks, was the foundation of his work and his long and illustrious career. She writes lovingly and rhyth...Log In or Sign Up to Read More