Author-illustrator David Macaulay’s books have been awarded the Caldecott Medal and Honor and have sold more than one million copies in the U.S.—and it all began with his debut picture book, Cathedral ...

Cathedral, which was David Macaulay’s debut children’s book, launched the writer and artist on his picture book journey in high style. It was named a 1974 Caldecott Honor Book, has been translated ...

Animated documentary about the building of a fictitious Catholic cathedral in thirteenth century France. Based on the book by David Macaulay, "Cathedral" references the real cathedrals of the day, ...

In the past 30 years, anyone who has paid attention to children's books, or just to bookstore displays, has encountered the work of David Macaulay. Beginning with 1973's "Cathedral," the ...

For a lot of us, there’s a bright line separating the books we enjoyed as children from the “real” books of our more mature years. We all eventually age out of the thin, brightly illustrated picture ...

Check out these books geared to kids age 8 and older before or after viewing the National Building Museum's exhibit about David Macaulay. · "Cathedral" (1973). A look at the tools, craftsmen and ...

Detail from an illustration from Macaulay's book Mosque showing one of the central design features of mosques: using a round dome to cover a square-shaped space. David Macaulay and NPR's Liane Hansen ...

Think big! Engineers have been doing just that for thousands of years, as renowned author-illustrator David Macaulay proves in this five-part miniseries on spectacular structures. The programs cover ...