Skyscraper
No. of pages 40
Published: 2019
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"Kids will leave with a solid foundation about the immensity of large-scale construction." --Kirkus Reviews
"A sophisticated vehicle primer with detailed construction vocabulary." --Publishers Weekly
Acclaimed picture book creator Jorey Hurley whose work has been called "stunning" and "dramatic" tells the story perfect for the youngest reader of all the different and mighty trucks it takes to build a city skyscraper!
What once was a vacant lot, watch as truck by truck, a towering skyscraper is built in this beautifully illustrated picture book about trucks and construction. This beautiful picture book includes a glossary of fourteen truck images and their names.
This book has been graded for interest at 3-7 years.
There are 40 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2019 by Simon & Schuster .
Jorey Hurley studied art history at Princeton, received her law degree at Stanford, and studied design at FIT. She worked as a textile designer for Hable Construction in New York City and is now based in San Francisco, where she lives with her husband and their two small children. Nest , her debut, was called "stunning" in a starred review from School Library Journal . Fetch , her second book, was called a "delight" by Publishers Weekly in a starred review. She is also the author of Every Color Soup and Skyscraper . Visit her at JoreyHurley. com.