Gustave Eiffels Spectacular Idea, Sharon Katz Cooper
Gustave Eiffels Spectacular Idea, Sharon Katz Cooper
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Gustave Eiffel's Spectacular Idea
The Eiffel Tower

Author: Sharon Katz Cooper

Narrator: Various Narrators

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Capstone Press

Published: 08/10/2017

Synopsis

Have you ever seen the Eiffel Tower? Gustave Eiffel’s tower is one of the most recognized landmarks in the world, but it wasn’t an easy path to turn his idea into a reality. Readers will love learning the story behind the name as they follow along with Gustave’s beginnings as a bridge designer and the engineer behind the Statue of Liberty, the criticism and personal attacks by the media he faced while building the tower, and his eventual world-renowned success.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bo Xin on September 16, 2019

The Eiffel Tower is a light read that summarizes the ideas, building process, problems, and solutions of the Eiffel Tower. The main character Gustave Eiffel has a rewarding and great character trait: persistence. For example, when people in Paris originally thought the idea of the 1000 feet iron tow......more

Goodreads review by Tara on October 08, 2023

Adorable illustrations and informative. I’m a high school art teacher and I’ve made a powerpoint about Eiffel, his bridges, his work on the panama canal, his modular structures, his scientific experiments, his work on the Statue of Liberty and of course the tower and I still learned a thing or two.......more

Goodreads review by Jan on August 03, 2020

Informative and interesting......more

Goodreads review by Margaux on October 31, 2016

A beautiful little book that narrates the erection of the Eiffel Tower. Especially useful is the photo of Gustave Eiffel, something that I've noticed a lot of children's books about the Eiffel Tower lack.......more

Goodreads review by Kiddo on August 10, 2016

Really 3.5 stars. A nice bright, factual picture biography. Gave 4 stars because kiddo liked it enough to ask for all the other books in the series.......more

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