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Byron Barton, the celebrated creator of numerous picture books for very young children, including Trucks, My Bus, and My Car, builds a house, step by step, right before your eyes!A machine digs a big hole. A cement mixer pours cement. Carpenters put up walls. Bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, and painters do their part. Through brilliantly simple words and pictures a house is built.You can almost do it yourself by carefully noting the steps depicted in each bright, brisk, clearly delineated picture . . . With independently interesting pictures and a definite, sunny personality, a very fine piece of work indeed.Kirkus Reviews Named a Notable Book for Children by the American Library AssociationSupports the Common Core State Standards,



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Byron Barton

Byron Barton is the creator of many picture books for young children, including My Car, Building a House, and Little Red Hen.



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