Building a House: An American Library Association Notable Picture Book for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Mulberry Books)

My 3.5 yr old twins are doing construction at pre-school and they love this book. Its so simple and easy to follow with colorful pictures that allow you to talk about whats going on with your child and you can expand on the vocabulary yourself depending on the age of the kids you are reading it with i.e talk about 'foundations' when they are pouring in the cement etc.

My students really liked this one - read it several times while we were studying "builders" as our Community Heloer for the month if February. Not a lot of text per page (a good thing) and after reading it only a couple of times, they were able to help me read by filling in words based on the pictures. This is a good book to show kids how a house is built for a family - maybe s good book to get if you're building your own home!

Great book. Very colorful, and not too many words on each page. Great for a bedtime story. It goes thru each basic step on building a house; minus the inspection. Lol

This book had good information but seemed a little dated. That being said I don't know how much has changed. Also it didn't hold my 3 yr olds attention like other books.

I loved this book as a kid, and love reading it to my kids now as an adult. Like a precursor to the basics of construction.Although the electrical wires look like a snake. Felt the same way when I was 3 as I do now at 33. Lol

This is the absolute best book I have seen to describe how a house is built. It was very good for teaching ESL and it is very popular with native language speakers as well. Each page has a picture which can be expanded into a discussion when the child is ready for it - for example - are all houses made of these materials? What is your house made of? Does it have a chimney? If not- what do you have instead? etc.

... even though many of your books start the same way: "On a hill..." or "On the road..." or "On the water.." because, hey, if something works, it works. Even so, if you're going to have read a book five thousand times, this is a good one, and I like it that this one looks hand-drawn rather than computer generated or purposely naive. Not that it matters. If Barton writes it, we'll buy it, and so should you.

My three year old loves this book. He is very into tools and learning about how things are built. This book does an amazing job of breaking down the construction of a house into easy chunks for a young one to understand, but it also sparks discussion as I read it and elaborate. He loves it so much!

My 1 year old son loved this book a lot. It a one liner each page with clear pictures explaining the text, makes it easy for you to explain.1 less star for paperback. I hope it was a board book.

I love this book because the illustrations are so clear and beautifully done. It is an ideal book which parents can discuss with small children as it explains in pictures the stages of building a house. I remember reading it to my son when he was one and a half and he loved it, so I bought it for my little grandson. It helps very small children understand their world.

It's simple, to the point and has great pictures. We love this book, I would reccommend it to anyone with little boys!

長男が２歳の頃に購入し、４歳の現在も時々「読んで」と持ってきます。１ページに短い一文程度ですが、英語の学習以外にも、家を建てる為には様々な職業の人が関わっていること、家の構造、出来上がりまでの工程など、色々学べて内容の濃い本だと思います。

To be honest, this book is a bit too old for my son so I can't actually say much about it. It's fine - slim, colourful - not sure how he will interact with it when he's the right age.