Likewise, Mosque explains the details of a 16 th century mosque in Istanbul and all of its surrounding buildings. Mill features the imaginary New England town of Wicksbridge and their essential mill, while City describes the Roman town of Verbonia. The book even describes how the town of Aberwyvern functions and supports the castle. While fictional, Aberwyvern is based on research into Welsh castles built in the 1280s. Castle follows suit, featuring his Aberwyvern Castle. It started with Cathedral, detailing the fictional town of Chutreaux's experience building a new cathedral after their church is destroyed by lightening.
Several of Macaulay's books follow a similar paradigm: taking a topic, creating a fictional representation of that topic, and using that representation to educate readers about every possible aspect of the topic. He had been an interior designer and a high school teacher before, but after receiving such a prestigious award, he devoted himself to teaching illustration at his alma mater, the Rhode Island Institute of Design, and to writing and illustrating. Macaulay was given the Caldecott Honor Award for his efforts.
This inspired a trip to Europe for research and resulted in the aforementioned Cathedral: The Story of its Construction 's publication in the spring of 1973. While the lovely gargoyle ladies of medieval France did not make the cut, he was left with a drawing of a cathedral.
He first had his idea for a French gargoyle story, which became Cathedral: The Story of its Construction, in the early seventies. David Macaulay's books and illustrations are as thought-provoking as they are whimsical.
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