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Bbrrr! Slam! Kar-oom! What's all that noise? It's a building going up! Ready to excavate? Then come join the crews of workers as they construct a new office building from bottom to top. Brightly colored, profusely labeled cut-paper pictures introduce readers to the various parts of each fascinating machine, while the playful text explains all the action! The many stages of this big and important job will delight every child who has ever been mesmerized by a bulldozer, dump truck, excavator, cement mixer or crawler crane.
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About the Author:
Sue Tarsky is the author of many books for children. She lives in London, England.
Alex Ayliffe lives in England.
From Kirkus Reviews:
Alex Ayliffe lives in England.
From the opening page, readers are launched into a description of a construction site: ``Before construction can start, the site is boarded off to keep pedestrians out.'' Every double-page spread presents a short text and the steady progress at the site of a future office building, with labels and pointers for about 20 items in the scene (e.g., ``site hoarding sheets,'' ``safety officer,'' and ``dump truck''). There are pages on excavation, building a foundation, and putting up scaffolding, down to a scene of wallpaper hangers and moving men. Toddlers will pore over the trucks, machinery, and building, even if the stylized art--bright blocks of color resembling cut-paper collage--leaves out the details they crave most. Every hardhat is almost identical; there is no detail in the caterpillar tires, pistons, or vents. Ayliffe concentrates on soaring perspectives and congenial, cluttered settings; the imaginative use of colors and shapes keeps all the girders, building materials, and scenes distinct. (Picture book. 2-6) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherDemco Media
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0606188347
- ISBN 13 9780606188340
- BindingPaperback
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