Fast Five Fiction: Construction

It's Friday and time for Fast Five Fiction! Each week I share five fiction books: new books, notable books, books around a common theme. If you've been to the library this week you probably noticed the flurry of activity as the house next door was knocked down to make room for our new addition.  Our official Groundbreaking Ceremony will be Monday, August 9th at 10:00 a.m. Since there will be construction all around us soon today I'll be sharing five fantastic construction books in our collection. 

Click the title to be directed to the book in our catalog. Book descriptions are from Goodreads.

Kitten Construction Company by John Patrick Green

In this Graphic Novel Series for emerging readers:

All Marmalade wants to do is build things.

She is, after all, a trained architect.

She’s also a distractingly adorable kitten.

Fed up with not being taken seriously because she's so cute, Marmalade bands together with a handful of other aspiring builders—all of them kittens. But in a world where humans call the shots, can the Kitten Construction Company prove their worth . . . without giving up the very things that make them kittens?

Construction by Sally Sutton

Hoist the wood. Hoist the wood. Chain and hook and strap. Swing it round, then lower it down. Thonk! Clonk! Clap! Build the frame. Build the frame. Hammer all day long. Make the stairs and floors and walls. Bing! Bang! Bong!

The Construction Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta

Smash! Crash! Ka-boom!

A is for Aerial lift.
B is for Backhoe.
C is for Cement Mixer.

Readers explore construction equipment in this noisy alphabet book. Jerry Pallotta's trademark humor punctuates the informative text. Vibrant oil paintings bring to life a busy construction site.

Shape Up, Construction Trucks! by Victoria Allenby

Dump Truck, Dump Truck
Coming through!
I spy a triangle--how about you?

Shape Up, Construction Trucks! uses rhyming verse and bright photographs to celebrate kids' construction enthusiasm in a unique take on conceptual shape books. Each spread highlights geometric shapes hiding in plain sight on excavators, bulldozers, cranes, and more. And after the toddlers have browsed the pages to their heart's content, a final note to parents offers enriching, age-appropriate activities to keep building their child's foundational learning skills.

Mighty, Mighty Construction Site by Sherry Duskey Rinker

All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site--this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working together to make a big task seem small! Down in the big construction site, the crew faces their biggest job yet, and will need the help of new construction friends to get it done. Working as a team, there's nothing they can't do!

Happy Friday, and happy reading!