cover image Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish

Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish

Philip M. Isaacson. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-394-89382-2

With poetic language and detailed photographs, Round Buildings, Square Buildings & Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish (1988) by Philip M. Isaacson makes the human-made seem positively organic. He describes the Taj Mahal as ""made of marble the color of cream,"" a stone church ""like an old monk gathered up in his robes"" and windows as ""pathways to the spirit of a building."" (Random, $19.95 124p ages 12-up ISBN 0-394-89382-4; Sept.)