What Can You Do with a Toolbox?

by Anthony Carrino, John Colaneri, Maple Lam (Illustrator)

Overview

“Carrino and Colaneri, HGTV personalities known as the Cousins, bring their design and construction know-how to a young audience in this sprightly introduction to the tools of their trade.” —Publishers Weekly

From HGTV stars, cousins, and best friends John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino comes a fun-filled picture book that introduces young readers to the tools in a toolbox and how to use them.

A hammer. Nails. A screwdriver. How do we use them?

Using simple language, cousins Anthony and John introduce kids to tools and their uses. As their construction project grows, so does the number of kids helping. At the end, they reveal exactly what you can do with a toolbox:

We can build a playground!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534402973
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Publication date:	08/28/2018
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	9 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Maple Lam is the author-illustrator of My Little Sister and Me, which Booklist called “accessible and appealing,” and Two Girls Want a Puppy, which School Library Journal called “delightful.” When she’s not writing or illustrating, she can be found playing competitive badminton or reading at her local public library in Los Angeles, California. Learn more at MapleLam.com.

Editorial Reviews

2018-04-25
TV designers and builders Carrino and Colaneri, aka "The Cousins," teach a bunch of preschoolers how to use tools to build a playground. The men introduce the children to safety precautions and emphasize the need for adult supervision. They show various tools in action—a wrench, bolts, a shovel, a screwdriver, a tape measure, a level, a hammer and nails, a saw, a drill, a ladder, and paintbrushes—and the kids watch raptly and run around. The pencil-and-watercolor vignettes are attractively busy and convey the excitement of the project, but too many details are missing or inaccurate to adequately explain the building process. The text states "We use a wrench and bolts to assemble the swing set," but the swing set looks finished (there is a kid on a swing), and there is no visible explanation of the mechanics of this operation. Readers learn that "a screwdriver turns a screw to fasten the cargo net," but there is no demonstration of how the screwdriver (held by a squirrel) is intended to be used or what a screw is. Descriptions are inaccurate: A tape measure is used "to measure how tall to make the slide"—but in fact it is to calculate where the slide needs to be attached. A level is used to "make sure the monkey bars are straight," but "straight" does not sufficiently convey the concept of "level." A sadly missed opportunity to show kids the real nuts and bolts of construction. (Picture book. 3-6)

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