Review by Booklist Review
This sturdy book showcases six basic tools: tape measure, saw, wrench, drill, screwdriver, and hammer. Each is introduced in a close-up image accompanied by one short sentence, while a picture on the facing page shows a man, woman, or child using that tool. In the final double-page spread, all the individual pictures of people reappear as parts of a larger scene in which they are building a tree house together. Although the text could be more precise and better attuned to a young audience, the precisely drawn ink-and-watercolor illustrations are very fine. With the image of a hammer front and center on the cover, this board book will find its audience with ease.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2015 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
Baby/Toddler-These striking titles feature distinguished artwork, destined to appeal to curious young minds. On the Farm gives a familiar subject renewed life through Dogi's wonderfully expressive animal faces rendered in liquid acrylics with airbrushing. Calves and cows, chickens and chicks, foals and horses, and other adult-baby creature pairings are accompanied by one simple sentence per page and the onomatopoeic word for each. In Time to Build, simple sentences explain what a tape measure, saw, wrench, drill, screwdriver, and hammer do, while carefully detailed pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations depict a variety of people using the tools. On the final spread, readers see their results: a tree house. Solid selections. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A simple introduction to the functions of some basic tools: tape measure, saw, wrench, drill, screwdriver, and hammer. Each double-page spread is devoted to a single tool and graced by a simple declarative sentence that explains what that tool does. Though most are straightforward, such as "A wrench bolts one part to another," the explanation for the tape measure"A tape measure counts how much to use"is disappointingly opaque. Exquisitely detailed illustrations depict a large, close-up image of each tool spanning the entire page spread with an inset showing someone using that tool. Unfortunately, the design has the potential to frustrate readers, as it makes those insets, which occupy most of the space on the right-hand pages, appear to be liftable flaps, though they are not. Nonetheless, the realistic, watercolor-and-pen-and-ink images are appealing, and they feature people of various ages, genders, and skin tones all at work at building something, which the final page spread reveals to be a magnificent treehouse. Fair warning: caregivers sharing this title should be prepared to handle the inevitable clamoring for toolsand treehousesthat will follow. This sturdy introduction to some basic construction equipment also highlights the value of cooperation, giving it wide appeal. (Board book. 2-4) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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