Harshman, Marc and Anna Egan Smucker Falling Water: The
Building of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece, illustrated by Leuyen Pham. PICTURE BOOK/NON-FICTION. Roaring Brook Press
(Macmillan), 2017. $19. 9781596437180
Edgar
Kaufman hired Frank Lloyd Wright to build him a house by the stream called Bear
Run in the woods of Pennsylvania. Wright
was a world famous architect but as he got older he hadn’t built anything for a
while, but he took on Kaufman’s request. Wright spent many months taking in the beautiful nature surrounding Bear Run and created the plans
for a home that was built over the stream so you could hear the waterfall
inside the home. After the home was completed
it became another of Wright’s famous structures.
The illustrations in this book are fantastic
and the story is not well known among kids.
I think this is the type of book that makes the reader curious to find
out more about what Frank Lloyd Wright has built as well as more about the
house called Fallingwater. I'm not sure if kids would be interested in this story even though as an adult I find it fascinating.
EL (K-3) –
OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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