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Smashy Town
Andrea Zimmerman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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With a turn of his crane and a swing of his wrecking ball, Mr. Gilly knocks down the old buildings. He smashes through brick and wood. He crashes through stone and glass. Then, with a push from his bulldozer, Mr. Gilly cleans it all up to make room for something brand-new! |
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Brick by Brick
Heidi Sheffield - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A striking debut celebrating the warm bond between a little boy and his dad as they work hard to achieve their dreamsPapi is a bricklayer, and he works hard every day to help build the city, brick by brick. His son, Luis, works hard too--in school, book by book. Papi climbs scaffolds, makes... |
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Our Shed: A Father-Daughter Building Story
Robert Broder - Little Bigfoot
Format: Hardcover
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This lovely story is about a father teaching his daughter how to build a backyard shed for storing the necessities of family life--a lawn mower, sprinkler, sleds, kid toys. For each practical element the dad brings to the project, his daughter adds her own imaginative creative spin. In the end,... |
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Someone Builds the Dream
Lisa Wheeler - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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All across this great big world, jobs are getting doneby many hands in many lands. It takes much more than ONE.Gorgeously written and illustrated, this is an eye-opening exploration of the many types of work that go into building our world--from the making of a bridge to a wind farm, an amusement... |
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Carpenter's Helper
Sybil Rosen - Schwartz & Wade; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover
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Join a girl as she helps a mama and papa bird build a nest in her bathroom, hatch their eggs, and teach their babies to fly away. Renata and her Papi are hard at work at renovating their bathroom. Renata can't wait to build castles of bubbles in the deep, old-fashioned bathtub. But one morning,... |
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Snakes on the Job
Kathryn Dennis - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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Full of sibilant sounds and other wordplay, Kathryn Dennis's picture book, Snakes on the Job, is a sssssweet story that's sure to be a read-aloud hit.Off to work the snakes will go. They slide into trucks and roll out slow. Hisssssssh goes the sound of the brakes.The... |
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Builders and Breakers
STEVE LIGHT - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Experience the bustling energy of an urban construction site with Steve Light's colorful celebration of builders, breakers, and the machines they use.When their dad forgets his lunch box on his way to the construction site, a young brother and sister set out to take it to him, and along... |
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Dig, Dump, Roll
SALLY SUTTON - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Wham-a-hammer, bam-a-slamma! The construction crew is back - but what are they building this time?Crash-a-rumble!Smash-a-grumble!What's at work? Here's a clue:It will clear the ground for you.Bulldozer! Coming through!Diggers, dump trucks, rollers, and more - it takes... |
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Dalmatian in a Digger
Rebecca Elliott - Capstone Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Dugger! Dugger! Dugger! What's that noise? It's the booming sound of big construction vehicles, and Little Dalmatian is determined to find out what they are building in this energetic picture book from Rebecca Elliott. |
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A Girl Can Build Anything
e.E. Charlton-Trujillo - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression, girl power, and the many things readers can create.. Have you ever dreamed of building something? Maybe something little - like a birdhouse? Or something big - like a skyscraper? If you can envision it, you can build it! A Girl Can Build Anything... |
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Bulldozer Helps Out
Candace Fleming - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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A very little bulldozer learns that taking care of kittens is a very big job in this darling follow-up to Bulldozer's Big Day from award-winning author Candace Fleming and Caldecott Medalist Eric Rohmann.The construction site bustled. Cement Truck was stirring ... stirring ... stirring.... |
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Billions of Bricks
Kurt Cyrus - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Two, four, six. Look at all the bricks!Grab a hard hat and all your tools, and get ready for a construction adventure in counting! This clever, rhyming picture book leads readers through a day in the life of a construction crew building with bricks. A brick may seem like just a simple... |
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Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!
Sherri Duskey Rinker - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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The construction team is taking on their biggest challenge yet - building a brand-new superhighway! With the help of new rough-and-tough road-building machines, the crew gears up for an action-packed day of rolling, building, paving, painting, and all the jobs that go into making a strong... |
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Building Our House
Jonathan Bean - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceWinner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Picture BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013In this unique construction book for kids who love tools... |
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Iggy Peck, Architect
Andrea Beaty - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A hilarious, irreverent book about doing your own thing Meet Iggy Peck - creative, independent, and not afraid to express himself! In the spirit of David Shannon's No, David and Rosemary Wells's Noisy Nora, Iggy Peck will delight readers looking for irreverent,... |
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Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
Deborah Hopkinson - Schwartz & Wade; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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This Boston GlobendashHorn Book Honor Book and ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book provides a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be Itrsquos and times are tough for Pop and his son But look On the corner of th Street... |
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Build!
Red Nose Studio - Anne Schwartz Books
Format: Hardcover
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For all young truck lovers and fans of books like Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site! Watch a series of amazing construction vehicles - a dump truck, a bulldozer, and many others - build a building unlike any other. Then delight in the surprise ending, where young readers and listeners... |
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Henry Builds a Cabin
D.B. Johnson - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; None edition
Format: Hardcover
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How big does a home really need to be? When Henry decides to build a cabin for himself in the woods, he gets some help and a lot of advice from his friends. But Henry, being Henry, has his own ideas, and he sets about building his house as a bird builds its nest. As he adds everything he thinks... |
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Fix That Clock
Kurt Cyrus - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A construction crew rebuilds a rickety old clock tower that has become home to wild animals in this picture book for fans of Sheep in a Jeep and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. An underlying message of cooperation and conservation drives this rollicking introduction... |
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Construction
Sally Sutton - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Thonk! Clonk! Clap! The team behind Roadwork and Demolition returns to the construction site, where big machines and busy workers dig, hoist, and hammer away.There's lots of noise and excitement involved in building a library! Preschoolers will clamor to take a close look.... |
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Sal Boat: (A Boat by Sal)
THYRA HEDER - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A boy builds a unique boat of his own with some help from his community in this new picture book by the critically acclaimed author of Alfie Sal loves the water. All day, he thinks about it: being out there, just him and the waves, alone. More than anything else, he wants a boat. And he knows... |
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Jasper & Ollie Build a Fort
Alex Willan - Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Celebrate the wonderful (and hilarious) ways in which friends can be different in this all-new, laugh-out-loud odd-couple story.Best friends Jasper, a quick and feisty fox, and Ollie, a slow and deliberate sloth, decide to build forts in the yard. While Jasper's enormous fort goes... |
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The Town of Turtle
Michelle Cuevas - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In Turtle's shell there's room for only one. But in Turtle's heart, there is room for everyone! This tale of a lonely turtle who comes out of his shell to find friendship and community celebrates diversity and inclusion. When a solitary turtle decides to make some renovations... |
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The Digger and the Flower
Joseph Kuefler - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed author/artist of Beyond the Pond and Rulers of the Playground comes a breathtaking new book with a powerful message about the environment, perfect for fans of Peter Brown's The Curious Garden and Kadir Nelson's If You Plant a Seed. Each day, the big trucks go to work.... |
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Job Site
Nathan Clement - Boyds Mills Press
Format: Hardcover
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Bring in the big rigs! Shiny, huge, heavy machinery rolls onto the job site. At the command of the Boss, the work beings, Digging, lifting, carrying, dumping, moving, and shaping are important tasks to accomplish. In this exciting follow-up to the critically acclaimed Drive, Nathan Clement... |
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Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Sherri Duskey Rinker - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestsellerAt last - here from the team behind the beloved international bestseller comes a companion to Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site - this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working... |
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Over at the Construction Site
BILL WISE - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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Come to the construction site where there's a whole lot of activity going on! With its irresistible rhyme, plus a fun counting element, this picture book will become every truck-loving toddler's favorite. Spend a day with mommy and daddy construction vehicles - bulldozers, front... |
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B Is for Bulldozer
JUNE SOBEL - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Board book
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Get ready for a ride through the alphabet at a busy construction site. There's a big yellow Bulldozer, a tall shiny Crane, and a rusty red Dump truck. The construction crew is hard at work. But what are they building? Melissa Iwai's bright, bold illustrations are a perfect... |
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If I Built a House
Chris Van Dusen - Dial
Format: Hardcover
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The much-anticipated follow-up to the E. B. White Award-winning picture book If I Built a Car In If I Built a Car, imaginative Jack dreamed up a whimsical fantasy ride that could do just about anything. Now he's back and ready to build the house of his dreams, complete with a racetrack,... |
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