![]() ![]() ![]() There is no attempt to ''talk down to the kids.'' Macaulay obviously assumes that anyone watching the show - child or adult - is intelligent enough to understand a solid, well-thought-out conclusion. The summing up, at the end of the TV show, is as straightforward as Macaulay could make it. But they are aimed at adults as well - at anybody who has managed to hold on to a sense of excitement about the wonders of the world anyone who can still vibrate with the excitement of expanded knowledge. ![]() It is a quaint - and triumphant - show, probably one of the most exciting programs for the whole family in all of television today.Īre the Macaulay books and the TV shows aimed at children? Yes. Macaulay's books which one hopes we will be seeing during the next few years on PBS. ''Castle'' is the first in a series of unique programs based on Mr. Aimed generally toward juveniles and dealing mainly with architecture, these books, published by Houghton Mifflin, include the titles ''Castle,'' ''Cathedral,'' and ''Pyramid.'' And now, with Castle (PBS, Wednesday, 8-9 p.m., check local listings for repeats), that same curiosity and wonder have been successfully transferred to the television screen. Author-architect David Macaulay has not only retained his sense of curiosity and wonder within himself, he has also managed to transmit those characteristics to a whole series of fascinatingly readable books. Childlike curiosity and wonder are qualities that too often tend to dissipate as we gain worldly experience and sophistication. ![]()
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