Monday, June 12, 2017

Build a Better World -- READ!

This summer's reading program theme is "Build a Better World".  So this week, I'm sharing some great picture books that fit the construction theme for the summer . . .

Ready, Set, Build! by Meg Fleming
Children follow a busy dog builder as he sketches and plans his house, clears rubble to make space, and gets to work digging, lifting, and sawing. 

Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper
Little Green only knows one word: 'Go!' It's the perfect thing to get the construction site moving, but how will they stop?

Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building by Christy Hale
A collection of concrete poetry, illustrations, and photographs that shows how young children's constructions, created as they play, are reflected in notable works of architecture from around the world.

The Construction Crew by Lynn Meltzer
A construction crew tears down an old building and builds a new house in its place.

 Iron Horses by Verla Kay
Illustrations and simple rhyming text depict the race to construct railroads across the country during the second half of the nineteenth century.


More Construction Books --
Billions of Bricks by Kurt Cyrus
Build, Dogs, Build: A Tall Tail by James Horvath
Busy Builders, Busy Week! by Jean Reidy
Dig! by Andrea Zimmerman
The Diggers Are Coming! by Susan Steggall
Franklin's Big Dreams by David Teague
Hard Hat Area by Susan L. Roth
Henry Builds a Cabin by D.B. Johnson
The House in the Meadow by Shutta Crum
The House on Dirty-Third Street by Jo Kittinger
If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too by Anna Dewdney
The Night Worker by Kate Banks
Rex Wrecks It! by Ben Clanton
Road Work Ahead by Anastasia Suen
Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson
Who Swings the Wrecking Ball? Working on a Construction Site by Mary Meinking


Check out these and more construction picture books on display at the Arnold Branch through June 30, 2017.

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