For all young truck lovers and fans of books like Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site! Watch a series of amazing construction vehicles—a dump truck, a bulldozer, and many others—build a building unlike any other. Then delight in the surprise ending, where young readers and listeners can see that the trucks are actually toys that a little boy is playing with! Bulldozers, dump trucks, and cranes are just a few of the vehicles working together in these pages to build something incredible. The...
A fussy architect learns to bend his own rules in this delightful book about the imperfect perfection of nature. Eugene the architect designs buildings that are incredibly straight and orderly. He is very proud of his latest work--an enormous house with perfectly perpendicular walls and windows. One day he is surprised to find a tree growing in what will be the house's living room. Instead of cutting it down, Eugene studies the tree, marveling at the way its branches, roots, leaves, and trunk g...
Les rabats révèlent le fonctionnement de ponts, de tours et de tunnels extraordinaires : le tunnel sous la Manche, le Burj Khalifa, le pont du Golden Gate, etc. Ce livre contient des illustrations détaillées et des liens vers des sites qui permettent d'admirer la vue du haut du Shard et de la tour CN, de traverser des tunnels et d'admirer les gigantesques machines qui servent à leur construction.
Good Night Frank Lloyd Wright (Good Night Our World)
by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper
Young readers will be introduced to one of the world’s greatest architects. From his education to the iconic structures he designed, this charming board book leaves no brick unturned, featuring Frank’s childhood home, family, hobbies, inspirational people, favorite color, some of the famous buildings he designed, and more. This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting themes. Little architects will be...
Viendo lo que Mira y sus vecinos descubren, ¡más de lo que nunca pudo imaginarse! Basado en una historia real, "Quizás algo hermoso" nos revela cómo el arte puede inspirar la transformación -- y cómo incluso la más pequeña artista puede llegar a conseguir algo grande. ¡Toma un pincel y únete a la celebración!--Front flap of dust jacket.
Imagine a house's early days as a home: A young family builds a picket fence and plants flowers in its yard, children climb the magnolia tree and play the piano in the living room, and there is music inside the house for many happy years. But what will happen when its windows grow dark, its paint starts to crumble, and its boards creak in the winter wind? The house dreams of a family who will love it again...and one day, a new story will emerge from within its walls.In this modern classic, Erin...
Good Night Children's Museum (Good Night Our World)
by Adam Gamble and Mark Jasper
Good Night Children’s Museum explores dinosaur exhibits, space and astronaut exhibits, pretend supermarkets, giant playhouses, choo-choo trains, carousels, play theaters, playgrounds, sand boxes, science exhibits, archaeological digs, giant checkerboards, and more. What could more fun for a child than a trip to the children’s museum? This adorable board book has kids of all ages squealing with delight as they discover their favorite museum activities and exhibits. Play hard! This book is part...
When twelve-year-old Ben visits his uncle in Oregon, he feels caught in the strained relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist.
A child’s art comes to life and takes him on an out-of-this-world adventure. In this bewitchingly wordless black-and-white picture book, one young child explores the boundless reaches of his imagination. Armed only with a pencil and a pad of paper, he transports himself to the moon, the deep sea, and remote jungles where he meets new friends, visits undiscovered words, and makes his way back home again to his own bed before dawn. Damon Lehrer's visual narrative, a penciled mix of line work and...
"Hannah loves her Thursday art lessons with Grandma Jacobs. Grandma Jacobs teaches Hannah how to make paper cut-outs for Shavuot, but Hannah's cut-outs don't look like anything at all until Grandma Jacobs helps her find the beautiful pictures hidden in them"--