I. M. Pei.I. M. Pei. Mary Englar. Chicago: Raintree Publications, 2005. Hardcover, 64pp., $32.86. One in a series of Asian-American Biographies, this architect's life is told in seven short chapters beginning with "Growing Up in China" and ending with "Pei's Place in History." The text is clear and informative as it tells of significant events in his personal history (including his late start in his career as architect) as well as those influencing his aesthetic vision like his years working for a major firm in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . We are offered insights into a few major projects such as Washington DC's East Building of the National Gallery and Hong Kong's towering Bank of China. His most controversial glass pyramid pyramid, structure pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their triangular sides, which directly face the points of the entrance to the Louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. gets special attention. A glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary. , timeline, and page of "Further
Information" help make this introduction a good resource for upper
elementary and middle school youngsters.
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