Enthralling Construction Book for Kids by Sutton & Lovelock

📅 Dec 18, 2023⏱️ 1 min read

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“Captivating, Informative, Engaging”

Construction is basically guaranteed to get little ones pumped about building stuff! 🚧 My cousin’s 4-year-old calls it the “Clonk! Clap!” book and honestly, that tells you everything. Sally Sutton teamed up with New Zealand illustrator Brian Lovelock to create something really energetic here.

The team behind Roadwork and Demolition returns to the construction site, where big machines and busy workers dig, hoist, and hammer away. What makes this different from other truck books is the focus on actually building something - in this case, a brand new library! 📚

Lovelock has not produced something that is abstract or cartoony, but an approachable version of what actually happens on a building site. Those JCBs and cranes look so real, kids think they’re gonna drive right off the page ✨

Parents rave about the rhythm - “Bing! Bang! Bong!” style text that makes reading aloud actually fun (not a chore). Teachers love using it for early STEM concepts too. At our house, it always leads to immediate Lego construction projects 🔨

Here’s what gets me: the story ends with kids playing at the finished playground. It’s not just about the cool machines - it shows how all that hard work creates spaces where people can have fun together.

Perfect for ages 2-6, especially if your kid stops to stare at every construction site. School Library Journal gave it a starred review calling it “a must-have.” You can snag your copy at or check out the whole Construction Crew series on Amazon!