Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers

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Binding: Hardcover
Picture Books
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ISBN: 9780803732452
Publisher: Dial Books
Language: English
Page Count: 40
Publication Date: 8/18/2011
Size: 11.25" l x 9.50" w x 0.40
Series: N/A

Between 1921 and 1955, Italian immigrant Simon Rodia transformed broken glass, seashells, pottery, and a dream to "do something big" into a U.S. National Landmark. Readers watch the towers rise from his little plot of land in Watts, California, through the eyes of a fictional girl as she grows and raises her own children. Chronicled in stunningly detailed collage that mimics Rodia's found-object art, this thirty-four-year journey becomes a mesmerizing testament to perseverance and possibility. A final, innovative "build-your-own-tower" activity makes this multicultural, intergenerational tribute a classroom natural and a perfect gift - sure to encourage kids to follow their own big dreams.

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