内容简介
ANewYorkTimesBookReviewEditors'ChoiceWinnerofthe2013BostonGlobeHornBookAwardforBestPictureBookAKirkusReviewsBestBookof2013ANewYorkTimesBookReviewNotableChildren'sBookof2013Inthisuniqueconstructionbookforkidswholovetoolsandtrucks,readersjoinagirlandherfamilyastheypackuptheiroldhouseintownandsetouttobuildanewoneinthecountry.MomandDadaregoingtomakethenewhousethemselves,fromthegroundup.Fromemptylottofinishedhome,everystageoftheiryear-and-a-half-longbuildingprojectishere.Andateverysteptheirluckykidsarewatchingandgettingtheirhandsdirty,inpageafterpagebrimmingwithmachines,vehicles,andallkindsofhouse-makingactivities!Asheimaginesitthroughtheeyesofhisoldersister,thisisJonathanBean’sretellingofhisownfamily’strueexperience,andincludesanafterwordwithphotographsfromtheauthor’scollection.
作者简介
JONATHANBEANreceivedanM.F.A.fromNewYork’sSchoolofVisualArtsandnowlivesandworksinHarrisburg,Pennsylvania.Hisfirstbook,AtNight,wonthe2008BostonGlobe–HornBookAward,andheisalsotheillustratoroftwoacclaimedpicturebooksbyLaurenThompson,TheApplePieThatPapaBakedandOneStarryNight.Jonathan'sparentsstillliveinthehousethefamilybuilt,outsideofFleetwood,Pennsylvania.jonathanbean.com