
Did you know that it took ten million bricks to build the Empire State Building? Did you know that residents of the John Hancock Center sometimes have to call down to the doorman to find out the weather on the streets below? Did you know a building in Dubai is planned to be nearly...

The stunning visual history of the rise of the skyscraper in the United States and around the world told with "dramatic paintings and lucid prose" (School Library Journal) from award-winning author-illustrator Lynn Curlee--now with a new look Did you know...