Building With Dad

Building With Dad by Carol Nevius, illustrated by Bill Thomson 2006

Explore the construction zone of a new school with a young boy and his contractor dad. This story is written from the voice of an excited little boy who dons his hard hat to be Dad’s helper. They observe, and sometimes assist with, the backhoe, the earthmover and the cement mixer. They are helping to build a school, and not just any school, but the one that the young boy will attend with pride because he was Dad’s helper.

“And when I’m grown-up, I hope I will be a builder like Dad with a helper like me!”

One highlight of this story is the way that the pictures and text spill down the page vertically instead of horizontally. The young narrator looks up at the huge machines, and this unique perspective gives the rhyming couplets even more energy.

Appropriate for ages 3-8