Storytime @ Home: Construction Zone

The construction gang is tearing down an old building and laying the foundation for a new home. Workers use all kinds of trucks and tools to get the job done. And just in time for a family to move in. The alliterative text completel with shout-out language that young children will love is just right for preschoolers.

In rhyming text, the vehicles of the construction crew set to work demolishing an old rickety building--the necessary first step to building something new.

Told in rhyming text, seven new road-building machines set out on a job--building, rolling, paving, and painting a brand new road.

"Simple text and full-color photographs describe a construction worker's tools, workplace, and role in the community"--

Describes the parts of a crane, how it works, and what it does at a construction site.

Wanting a place of his own with fewer rules, Curious George decides to build a tree house but finds the task more challenging than anticipated.

"Construction equipment is a favorite of little readers and D is for Dump Truck takes children on an A to Z exploration of a backyard construction site. With bouncy poems for each letter and a glossary in the back, this book brings the thrill of construction up close and personal"--

Animals operate digging machines that scoop, lift, move rubble, squish through mud, and help buildings tower up tall.