Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi

Rodriguez, Rachel Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi, illustrated by Julie Paschkis. Henry Holt, 2009. $16.99. PICTURE BOOK. Gaudi’s avant-garde architecture is celebrated in this simple picture book about his inspirations, teachers and style. Paschkis’ illustrations are nice counterpoint to the text and really evoke Gaudi’s style without being a copy cat. There is a short bio in the back of the book – I could have only hoped for a couple of photographs of Gaudi’s actually buildings. Schools that do any kind of bio on famous artists would easily use this – and it would be great for an elementary to read with their class. EL – ESSENTIAL. MS, HS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library-Teacher.