Jørn has always seen ideas everywhere. As a child he saw inspiration in nature, animals, birds and even his breakfast!

He spends hours and hours and hours with cardboard and string, paper and even blankets. Jørn makes many things, gluing and folding, drawing and cutting.

As Jørn grows, he fills many pages with pencil sketches, building even more ideas, until he comes up with the best one of all. He enters it into a design competition and waits…

This true life story of a little boy who becomes an architect of one of the most famous buildings in the world, is fun, informative and factual.

There is a timeline of Jørn Utzon’s life in the rear of this hardcover book, showing his incredible journey from his birth in 1918, through to his fame as the architect of Australia’s Sydney Opera House and beyond.

The Sydney Opera House is distinctive within its surroundings. Some say it represents sails but once you read this inspiring story, you might see something else. Grab yourself a copy to see what I mean.

Author – Coral Vass

Illustrator – Nicky Johnston

Picture Book

(2022, Exisle Publishing, Historical, Growing up, Family, Shapes, Creativity, Imagination, Ideas, Building, Making, Designing, Bridges, Architecture, Sydney, Australia, Famous, Competition, Unique, Sydney Opera House, True Story, Biography)