Book Description
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.


Card catalog description
Briefly describes the steps in building a house.


About the Author
Byron Barton is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs; The Three Bears: The Little Red Hen; Machines at Work; I Want to Be an Astronaut; and a series of board books: Big Machines, Dinosaurs, Tools, and Zoo Animals. He is also the illustrator of The Little Factory, written by Sarah Weeks. He lives in Sarasota, FL.

FROM OUR EDITORS

This introduction to home construction answers toddler's questions about how a house is built. The clear, simple text and bright, colorful illustrations will inspire youthful carpenters to grab a hammer and get to work!

ANNOTATION

Brief text and illustrations describe the steps in building a house.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"You could 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

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