FICTION

Busy Builders, Busy Week!

by Jean REIDY
Busy Builders, Busy Week! illus. by Leo Timmers. 32p. Bloomsbury. Jun. 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781619635562.
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Toddler-PreS—The bouncy rhyming text and bold acrylic illustrations chronicle a crew of cheerful animals through a weeklong building project. Young construction enthusiasts and animal lovers alike will be delighted by the zany details in the pictures as the grinning, googly-eyed beasties clear, bulldoze, and smooth the lot; bring in playground equipment; landscape; and assemble and paint a playground. The energetic rhyme and bright paintings make this a natural storytime crowd-pleaser. The illustrations provide plenty of material for discussion and repeated readings.
VERDICT This title is bound to be popular with a broad range of preschoolers when shared either one-on-one or in a group setting.
Reviewed by Rachel Anne Mencke, St. Matthew's Parish School, Pacific Palisades, CA
"Monday! 'Doze it day! / Dig it, dump, dispose it day." An all-animal construction crew works through the week to transform a vacant lot into--surprise!--a playground. Whether slapstick (a gorilla stepping in cans of paint) or silly (a giraffe on roller skates), much of the humor in the cartoony illustrations is forced, but the rhyming text is cheerful.
 , Jun 01, 2016

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