It takes hundreds of people, dozens of machines and years of work to construct a skyscraper. Lift the flaps to see construction crews digging, drilling, pouring, heaving and hoisting as they build a brand new building at the heart of a busy city. Includes Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites where you can watch a demolition and fly over skyscrapers.
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It takes hundreds of people, dozens of machines and years of work to construct a skyscraper. Lift the flaps to see construction crews digging, drilling, heaving and hoisting as they build a new building at the heart of a city. Includes Usborne Quicklinks to specially selected websites where you can watch a demolition and fly over skyscrapers.
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1 An architect's desk2 Demolition3 Crews and machines4 Strong and stable5 Gaining height6 Around the clock7 Hidden engineering8 Grand opening

Product details

ISBN
9781474942966
Published
2020-04-02
Publisher
Vendor
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Weight
600 gr
Height
226 mm
Width
280 mm
Thickness
17 mm
Age
J, 02
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
16

Author
Illustrated by

Biographical note

Jerome Martin has written children's books about science, history, Shakespeare and food. Before joining Usborne in 2014, he spent a decade studying literature at Harvard, Cambridge and the University of Iowa, and several years behaving responsibly in a copywriting office. Now, he spends his working hours researching delightful and amazing facts, his evening hours parenting two children, and the minutes in-between writing poetry.