Monday, May 22, 2017

Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines by Jeanne Harvey - ADVISABLE

Harvey, Jeanne Walker Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines, illstrtaed by Dow Phumbrick.  PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION.  Henry Holt (Macmillan), 2017.  $18. 

In 1981, Maya Lin was a senior in college when she won the design contest for a memorial to honor the fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War. 
While this picture book is brief, its applications are numerous.  Whether about creativity, women working, architecture, monuments, the Vietnam War, Washington D.C. – almost any age level can find a place for this.

EL – ADVISABLE; MS, HS – OPTIONAL.  Cindy, Library Teacher

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