Wild Buildings and Bridges Legend Celebrate the holiday with this

Celebrate the holiday with this charming book from Tomie dePaola

even though no one can agree on the best course of action

Anna can't wait for her senior year in Atlanta

and real-life stories of the young people who sailed on the fateful journey

Loula happily discovers at the end of the day

Wild Buildings and Bridges Legend Celebrate the holiday with thisFrom cactuses to birds' wings, termite towers to honeycombs, this book celebrates more than thirty examples of nature's influence on building and bridge designs all over the world. In some instances, architects looked to nature to solve structural problems, like creating an earthquake proof bridge by mimicking the long roots of a type of grass known for stabilizing riverbanks. Other examples show how nature provides artistic inspiration, like the