Building Books - Hardcover

Wagner Lloyd, Megan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1524773670 ISBN 13: 9781524773670

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2018

Synopsis

Books and blocks bring together two siblings with nothing in common in this story from Megan Wagner Lloyd (Finding Wild) and illustrator Brianne Farley (Secret Tree Fort).

Katie loves to build. She loves the way the blocks click together, the way they crash when they topple to the floor. But most of all, she loves to build something brand-new. Unlike her brother, she hates reading.

Owen loves to read. He loves the way the pages rustle when he turns them, the way the paper smells. But most of all, he loves to read something brand-new. But, unlike his sister, he has no interest in building.

When their rivalry finally comes to a head, a librarian suggests a solution. Books for Katie to read and books for Owen to shelve. Can they learn to appreciate their siblings hobbies and build something together?

About this title

About the Author

Megan Wagner Lloyd lives in Washington, DC, with her family. She loves hiking in the woods and exploring on the beach. Her previous books include Finding Wild and Fort-Building Time, both illustrated by Abigail Halpin. Visit Megan at meganwagnerlloyd.com or on Instagram at @meganwagnerlloyd.

Brianne is a freelance illustrator and picture-book author who grew up in Michigan, where she spent most of her time in the woods, in Lake Michigan, drawing, or reading. She studied creative writing and art at Macalester College, and then received her MFA in Illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her previous books include Ike's Incredible Ink and Secret Tree Fort, and Charlotte the Scientist Is Squished, written by Camille Andros. She lives in Michigan. Visit her at briannefarley.com. Visit her on Instagram at @briannehfarley and Twitter at @briannefarley.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2-Katie loves everything about building with blocks-the little click they make as they snap together, the way they wobble and sometimes crash, and the feeling she gets when she creates something new. Her brother Owen feels the same way about books-their smell, the sound of rustling pages, and the feeling he gets when he reads a new book. One day at school, the siblings get into an argument about which is better, building or reading. The school librarian offers each of them a stack of books-one for Katie to read and one for Owen to shelve. Left to their own devices, Katie begins building bridges and towers out of her books, and her brother begins to read. But when Katie's castle topples, she becomes absorbed in an engineering book and then another about cities, and so on. In the meantime, Owen, daunted at the task of shelving so many books, begins to build. The pair uses most of the books on the shelves to not only read together but to create something fantastic, much to the librarian's dismay. The fanciful illustrations are rendered in ink and gouache and finished digitally against a white background. The endpapers feature an intricate array of white and colored books and blocks of different shapes and sizes. VERDICT This is a fun read-aloud with a great message about the powers of reading and making. ­Recommended for all collections.-Barbara ­Auerbach, Cairo Public Library, NYα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1524773670
• ISBN 13: 9781524773670
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Farley Brianne