![]() ![]() I won't give away the chilling conclusion, but this one is a book I would love to teach as a companionpiece to 1984, or Brave New World. The rebellion is quelled, peace is restored, and a new food source is introduced: Baaa. Civilization seems to be going swimmingly for all the sheep until more and more power and resources begin funnelling into the hands of fewer and fewer sheep. Think "Soylent Green" in picture books! Baaaa is a cautionary tale, a dystopia starring sheep. I event talked to the librarians about perhaps reshelving it. Picture book or not, this is NOT a children's book. This book shows an entirely different side!! My daughter found this in the picture book section of our library and we brought it home.I began to read it to her, and she could NOT understand why I was laughing. I met Macaulay and found him sweet and gentle. Five of these titles have been made into popular PBS television programs. From the pyramids of Egypt to the skyscrapers of New York City, the human race’s great architectural and engineering accomplishments have been demystified through Macaulay's elaborate show-and-tells. Following in this tradition, Macaulay created other books-including City, Castle, Pyramid, Mill, Underground, Unbuilding, and Mosque-that have provided the explanations of the how and the why in a way that is both accessible and entertaining. He published his first book, Cathedral, in 1973. ![]() After working as an interior designer, a junior high school teacher, and a teacher at RISD, Macaulay began to experiment with creating books. After spending his fifth year at RISD in Rome on the European Honors Program, he received a bachelor’s degree in architecture and vowed never to practice. During this time he began to draw seriously, and after graduating from high school he enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). He found himself having to adjust from an idyllic English childhood to life in a fast paced American city. David Macaulay, born in 1946, was eleven when his parents moved from England to Bloomfield, New Jersey. ![]()
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