David Macaulay
Born
in Lancashire, England, The United Kingdom
December 02, 1946
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Black and White: A Caldecott Award Winner
33 editions
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published
1990
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Castle
46 editions
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1977
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The Way Things Work
55 editions
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1988
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Motel of the Mysteries
26 editions
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1979
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Cathedral: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner
52 editions
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1973
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The New Way Things Work
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20 editions
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1988
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City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
39 editions
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1974
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Pyramid
48 editions
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published
1975
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Underground
22 editions
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1976
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The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body
7 editions
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2008
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“What I remember most clearly is how it felt. I’d just finished painting a red fire engine-like the one I often walked past near my grandparents’ house. Suddenly the teachers, whose names I've long forgotten, closed in on my desk. They seemed unusually impressed, and my still dripping fire engine was immediately and ceremoniously pinned up. I don’t know what they might have said, but their unexpected attention and having something I’d made given a place of honor on the wall created an overwhelming and totally unfamiliar sense of pride inside me. I loved that feeling, and I wanted to feel it again and again. That desire, I suppose, was the beginning of my career.
I have no idea where my fire engine painting ended up, but I never forgot the basic layout. Several decades later, it served as the inspiration for this sketch for an illustration in a book called Why the chicken crossed the Road.”
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I have no idea where my fire engine painting ended up, but I never forgot the basic layout. Several decades later, it served as the inspiration for this sketch for an illustration in a book called Why the chicken crossed the Road.”
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“These amazing and often indispensable systems work so well and so quietly that we tend to be unaware of their existence.”
― Underground
― Underground
“By 200 B.C. soldiers of the Roman Republic had conquered all of Italy except the Alps. In the following three hundred years they created an empire extending from Spain to the Persian Gulf. To insure their hold over these lands the Roman soldiers built permanent military camps. As the need for military force lessened, many camps became important cities of the Roman Empire. The Romans knew that well planned cities did more to maintain peace and security than twice the number of military camps. They also knew that a city was more than just a business, government, or religious center. It was all three, but most important, it had to be a place where people wanted to live.”
― City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
― City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction
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