![]() Macaulay’s books inspired me to build things. I would stare at and sometimes try to copy some of my favorite parts of the books, especially in “Castle.” I remember even building some of the structures with my friend Chip Paris using Legos, wooden blocks and our siblings’ board books. But the real stars of the books are Macaulay’s illustrations. ![]() ![]() The characters are both the people who plan and build these places, and the structures themselves. All three books have storylines that trace the history of a fictional city, cathedral and castle – from its planning to its destruction or abandonment. If you aren’t familiar with Macaulay’s books, they are the gateway drug to a full-time obsession with building things, using tools and designing structures. ![]() I have no doubt that I checked out those books at the circulation desk more than any other dork in the public library system. Three of his books – “City,” “Cathedral” and “Castle” – were my constant companions at home and at school. ![]() The reason I haunted the children’s library was for books by David Macaulay. The children’s section of the library was in the basement of the building, and I went down there long after I could fit by butt into the tiny chairs and my knees below the munchkin tables they had there for story time. As a dork-wad of a child who wore overalls, T-shirts and cowboy boots to school, it should come as little surprise that my best friends all lived at the Fort Smith Public Library. ![]()
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