Cathedral (children's book) explained

Cathedral: The Story of its Construction
Author:	David Macaulay
Country:	United States of America
Language:	English
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin
Pub Date:	1973
Pages:	80
Isbn:	978-0-395-17513-2

Cathedral: The Story of its Construction is an illustrated book by David Macaulay. Published in 1973 by Houghton Mifflin, it was the author's first book.

Cathedral tells the story of the construction of a great medieval cathedral using pen-and-ink drawings.^{[1] [2]} It won the 1975 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for children's non-fiction. It was adapted into a television documentary in 1986.

External links

Teaching resources

• Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay

PBS documentary

• hour-long PBS special on Mccaulay's Cathedral
• NPR interview inside the National Cathedral

Notes and References

1. News: Heller. Steven. Quicker Than St. John the Divine; David Macaulay reconstructs his most successful book only 25 years after its first completion.. 7 October 2016. New York Times. 5 December 1999.
2. News: Jenkins. Mark. Deconstructing the Art of Architecture. 7 October 2016. Washington Post. 27 July 2007.