Building a House (Picture Lions S.) - Softcover
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 Association
Supports the Common Core State Standards
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From the Back Cover:
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 we follow each step, and before our eyes a house is built.
About the Author:
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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- PublisherCollins
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0006622658
- ISBN 13 9780006622659
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
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