This was a great favorite for a really long time. ( )

This book goes through the process of building roads. I liked the bold and bright colors from the illustrations and the fact that they weren't too detailed and easy to look at. I liked how the author names the different types of trucks in the beginning of the book and then goes into deeper description of how each truck has its' own job in creating a road. For example, "The power roller packs it down so that the road is smooth." I also liked how they incorporated the significance of the different roles that each worker, truck, and boss has in the construction. I liked how they added the end result of the road because I got to see all of the different cars and trucks driving through the new road. The big idea of this book is to show the variety of trucks that are involved in the construction of new roads and what job each truck has. ( )

This book illustrated children about the process of building a road.
They also can get familiar what types of machines are needed for this task.
Age group: 3-6
Source: Pierce County library

This book tells of the process of building a road, with pictures of the equipment and the people that use them.

Lakewood Library Ages 3-5

This book takes children on a road building journey. From gathering materials, to digging holes, to dumping asphalt, to hanging signs, we follow a road from start to finish. This offers and inside look at what exactly it takes to make a road.

I love the start-to-finish aspect of this book. Kids often times ask "How do they make this?" or "How do you make that?" This book explains in detail how a road is made. I think of how-to books when I read this because it sounds almost like an instruction manual on how to build roads. It very precisely and accurately described the process.

This book has great extensions for the classroom. Our kids could make play on "roads". We have some plastic mats with the road drawn on them. We could take those out and have some trucks from the book (backhoes, cranes, cherry-pickers) our for the kids to see in 3D and let them pretend to build roads. We could also, after obtaining permission, get someone who actually builds roads to come talk to the kids. He could bring some asphalt (already hard of course) and his hard hat and safety vest for the kids to try on.