If your child builds everything from monuments to monoliths, give these a try
Bigger! Bigger!
Author: Leslie Patricelli
Illustrator: Leslie Patricelli
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Recommended Age Range: 2 to 5
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Iggy Peck, Architect
Author: Andrea Beaty
Illustrator: David Roberts
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Abrams
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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A fantastic rhyming book about finding what you love to do and doing it…no matter what. In a playful and creative way, Iggy Peck captures this idea with a “stick-to-it-iveness” that is contagious and inspiring. A great read aloud!
Awards: Time Magazine Top 10 Picture Books; Architect World – Top 10; Parents Choice Silver; Friends of American Writers; Bank Street College Best Book; Legoland Book Club Pick; IRA Notable Book
Castle of Books
Author: Bernard Clavel
Illustrator: Yan Nascimbene
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 11
This book is a terrific story about one little boy’s big dream – to build a castle with – of course – books. “Borrowing” from his poet father’s enormous collection, the author creates a work that combines a boy’s dream, a father’s poem, and just the right amount of words to make a beautiful and heartfelt story.
Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrator: James E. Ransome
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade Books
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 9
Awards: Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards Honor -Picture Book; ALA Notable Books for Children, 2007; CCBC Choices 2007 by the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2007-2008 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List (K-2 Category); Diamond State Reading Association 2007-2008 Book List; One of 30 preliminary titles on the Show Me Readers Award Program List; 2007-08 Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award Master List, Primary Category; Named to the 2008-2009 Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award Master List, nominee for upcoming award; Arkansas 2008-09 (Award); Delaware Diamonds 2007-08; Kentucky Award 2007-08; Illinois Bluestern Award 2010-11
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The Fort that Jack Built
Author: Boni Ashburn
Illustrator: Brett Helquist
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Abrams
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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What child doesn’t love building forts? In The Fort that Jack Built Jack is no exception; the problem is that Jack has decided to use his family’s stuff, and his family wants it back! Well, actually, they just take it back and, of course, Jack’s fort begins to crumble. But when his now small fort (under a table) comes with a wonderful and heartwarming surprise, Jack discovers that the best forts are those that are shared.
This house, once
Author: Deborah Freedman
Illustrator: Deborah Freedman
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Adults
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
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When Jackie Saved Grand Central: The True Story of Jacqueline Kennedy’s Fight for an American Icon
Author: Natasha Wing
Illustrator: Alexandra Boiger
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Recommended Age Range: 6 to 9
Awards: Winner of the 2018 Colorado Authors’ League Children’s/Young Adult Nonfiction Award
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