![]() ![]() Casting the teacher as an enemy of architecture is odd, and the backstory seems silly and inauthentic. However, the animation is minimal: eyeballs move, arms wave stiffly, heads move from static necks. Simple piano strains accompany the teacher's memory of being lost in a tall building and plaintively demonstrate Iggy's sadness in being prohibited from the pleasure of building. The soundscape is understated, limited to sounds of a classroom of children, birdsong, rushing water, and building sounds as the children construct a suspension bridge. ![]() Despite being read by the author, the text is awkward at times. ![]() When a bridge collapses during a class outing, Iggy, who has always been fascinated by architecture, leads the class in building a bridge from materials at hand so that the teacher is no longer stranded. Iggy's second-grade teacher, who once had a bad experience in a tall building's elevator, shuns any mention of architecture in her class. Gr 1–3-David Roberts' clever and detailed illustrations are given minimal animation in Dreamscape's DVD version of Andrea Beaty's picture book. ![]()
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