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    Building Our House

    By Jonathan Bean

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    A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
    Winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book
    A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013
    A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013

    In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. Mom and Dad are going to make the new house themselves, from the ground up. From empty lot to finished home, every stage of their year-and-a-half-long building project is here. And at every step their lucky kids are watching and getting their hands dirty, in page after page brimming with machines, vehicles, and all kinds of house-making activities!

    As he imagines it through the eyes of his older sister, Building Our House is Jonathan Bean's retelling of his own family's true experience, and includes an afterword with photographs from the author's collection.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJan 8, 2013
    ISBN9781466830073
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    Building Our House
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    Jonathan Bean

    Jonathan Bean's illustrations and writings have received widespread recognition. He has won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award twice, for At Night and Building Our House.  

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    • 5/5
      A lovely book filled with interesting illustrations and text that is perfect for children K - 4. Illustrates the value of hard work, family, and cooperation. Based on a true story. Includes an afterward (with pictures) of the author building his childhood home. Compelling for both genders.
    • 4/5
      Picture-book author/artist Jonathan Bean, who made his debut with the 2007 At Night, here turns to his own family history to tell the story of how their home was built. Told from the perspective of Bean's older sister, the narrative here follows the Bean family as they move into a trailer home on the land they have recently purchased, and begin making preparations to build their dream house. From laying the foundation to raising the frame, it's a process that requires a lot of hard work, but plenty of love and community involvement too.An engaging and informative book that works equally well as a family story and as an exploration of how a house is built, Building Our House is sure to have lots of appeal for children who enjoy looking at pictures of backhoes and trucks, as well as for those who simply wonder how structures are made. I enjoyed both story and artwork - as a cat lover, I particularly liked the way that the family cat shows up on every two-page spread! - and appreciated the inclusion of an afterward with photographs, documenting the 'real' story behind the story. Recommended to young children who enjoy learning how things are built, and to anyone looking for picture-books showing families living and working all together.
    • 5/5
      Great story about building a house for young readers to understand.
    • 4/5
      This is a unique books. The author/illustrator uses his family history about building their own home in this picture book. When you read the author's notes, you find the actual event was much more of an adventure than the book. Betsy Bird of SLJ's Fuse8 blog suggests this as a possible 2014 Caldecott nominee. Although a worthy purchase for a library, I didn't like as well as she did, other than the unique story. I always like Bean's illustrations.
    • 5/5
      A young girl narrates the story of how her family moved from the city to the country and bult their own home. An elegantly paced story with perfectly matched text and illustrations.
    • 5/5
      I used to work at a library and had the habit of ordering any and all books that might catch my interest. I still keep the library catalog page close to hand. I think I saw some Jonathan Bean illustrations on Pinterest, and borrowed a few titles to see whether he lived up to the couple of illustrations I'd seen. This was by far the best. There is a type of picture book that always attracts - I wish it had a name. It starts with a long landscape shot and documents changes to the scenery over time. This is the technique Mr. Bean chose to tell the true story of his parents building their own house back in the 80's. Yes, they were back-to-the-landers. The house is a post and beam structure. He alternates the long shots with close ups of the work and the interior, and then finishes up with a few photos and a note giving a few more family details. This is a great book about family, work, home, community.I might need to own it.