Gustave Eiffel's Spectacular Idea: The Eiffel Tower

by Sharon Katz Cooper (Author) Janna Rose Bock (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Have you ever seen the Eiffel Tower? Gustave Eiffel's tower is one of the most recognized landmarks in the world, but it wasn't an easy path to turn his idea into a reality. Readers will love learning the story behind the name as they follow along with Gustave's beginnings as a bridge designer and the engineer behind the Statue of Liberty, the criticism and personal attacks by the media he faced while building the tower, and his eventual world-renowned success.
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Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781479571369
Lexile Measure
630
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Publication date
August 20, 2015
Series
Story Behind the Name
BISAC categories
JNF007000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
JNF005000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture
Library of Congress categories
Paris (France)
Buildings, structures, etc
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Eiffel, Gustave

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