David Macaulay is a visual storyteller and self-described “explainer” whose illustrated books demonstrate the origins, makeup, and workings of objects--from everyday utilitarian items to great engineering accomplishments--in a way that is accessible and entertaining for all ages. He is the recipient of a 2006 MacArthur Fellowship and the author of more than twenty-five books, including Black and White, which won the Caldecott Medal, and Cathedral, which was a Caldecott Honor Book. Macaulay hosted the five-part PBS miniseries Building Big and wrote the companion book by the same name. His artwork has been exhibited in museums in the U.S. and Europe. Macaulay’s book The Way Things Work won the 1989 Boston Globe-Horn Book award for nonfiction and has been newly updated and expanded as The Way Things Work Now.

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More About The Way Things Work Now
Interview with NPR on Mosque
Watch Maculay’s May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture