Frank Lloyd Wright, a young boy from the prairie, becomes America's first world-famous architect in this engaging and inspirational nonfiction picture book introducing organic architecture -a style he created based on the relationship between buildings and the natural world - and transformed the American home.
Author Barb Rosenstock and artist Christopher Silas Neal explore the early life and creative genius of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, highlighting his passion, imagination, and ingenuity..
He redesigned the American home inside and out, developing a truly unique architecture style that celebrated the country's landscape and lifestyle.
Using his knowledge and love of shapes, Frank created houses more organic to the land.
But he didn't think the Victorian-era homes found there fit the Prairie landscape.
When he returned to his beloved prairie, Frank pursued a career in architecture.
As his family moved across the United States, young Frank found his own home in shapes: rectangles, triangles, half-moons, and circles.
Frank Lloyd Wright loved the Wisconsin Prairie where he was born, with its wide-open sky and waves of tall grass.
Frank Lloyd Wright, a young boy from the prairie, becomes America's first world-famous architect in this engaging and inspirational nonfiction picture book introducing organic architecture -a style he created based on the relationship between buildings and the natural world - and transformed the American home
