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Synopsis
Factual information about Islamic life and culture is woven into this step-by-step look at how a mosque would have been constructed in late-16th-century Turkey. Although the mosque itself is fictional, the story of its construction, and the detailed full-color drawings that accompany it, are based on fact. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2003 by Publishers Weekly.
| Size | | Length: | 96 pages | | Height: | 11.8 in | | Width: | 8.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 20.0 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Moving methodically around the complex (a progression aided by the glossary in the back), the text and its superb accompanying drawings explain both the religious and structural underpinnings of the mosque....Magnificent."
Kirkus Reviews (10/01/2003)
"MOSQUE is a superbly illustrated and technically engrossing explanation of how a great Turkish mosque complex would be built in about 1600. It's like an erector set packed into a book."
New York Times Book Review - Nicholas D. Kristof (12/21/2003)
"Text and illustrations are strongly focused on the buildings themselves, but Macaulay slips in just enough background on the fictional Suha Mehmet Pas to demonstrate how both the structures and the charitable impetus behind them are integrally related to Islamic faith."
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books - Elizabeth Bush (01/01/2004)
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