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Publishers WeeklyWearing matching bow ties, straw boaters, and Philip Johnsoninspired spectacles, Old Frank and his grandson, Young Frank, debate the definition of architecture. When Young Frank crafts "a chair using toilet paper rolls," Old Frank argues, "You can't really sit in this one, can you" When Young Frank makes "a skyscraper out of books," Old Frank sputters, "Buildings should be straight." To sort things out, they head to "the museum" (MoMA, of course) and find a few surprises, including a "wiggly chair designed by an architect named Frank" and a "twisted tower by an architect named Frank." Since Frank Gehry created his corrugated-cardboard chair in 1972, and Frank Lloyd Wright died in 1959, this intergenerational battle is a bit behind the times.
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Frank Viva is an award-winning author/illustrator and graphic designer. His illustrations have appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, in The New York Times and many other places. His first picture book Along a Long Road was a 2011 New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Making books is his favorite thing to do.
