Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaud

by Rachel Victoria Rodriguez

In a small village in Spain

lives a boy named Antoni Gaud .

His home is in Catalonia, a place of jagged mountain peaks and silvery olive trees, splashed by the sparkling sea. The wild beauty of this landscape makes a deep impression. He thinks of it as the Great Book of Nature, and he will read from it all of his life.

Gaud becomes an architect, learning the rules of form and structure that buildings are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805087451
• ISBN13: 9780805087451
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3