Mighty, Mighty Construction Site

by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld Narrated by Dion Graham

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The best construction vehicles around are back in an engaging and highly re-readable story about teamwork.

At last-here from the team behind the beloved international bestseller comes a companion to Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site-this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working together to make a big task seem small! Down in the big construction site, the crew faces their biggest job yet, and will need the help of new construction friends to get it done. Working as a team, there's nothing they can't do! Paperbacks Available for Schools Only

Editorial Reviews

The New York Times Book Review - James Sturm

Briskly paced and stylishly staged, this book's celebration of teamwork feels like the bombastic opening number of a musical as each truck gets to roll into the spotlight and strut its stuff. Lichenheld's cartoony oil-pastel illustrations are radiant and capture the grandeur of the construction site as well as the trucks' determination and pride.

From the Publisher

"Another job well done."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A rumbustious treat."—The Wall Street Journal

"Kids who love vehicles will delight in this vibrant sequel spotlighting each truck's contribution to a team effort."—Common Sense Media

"Anyone who loves Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site will love its sequel, Mighty, Mighty Construction Site."—Kid Lit Reviews

"A concrete example of cooperation and teamwork."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Another job well done."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Sure to be a hit.”-Kirkus Reviews

"People will be revving their engines to get their hands on this sequel."—Booklist

"This book’s celebration of teamwork feels like the bombastic opening number of a musical."—The New York Times

"Truck aficionados and gear jammers everywhere are going to be sold on this fully loaded book."—the Children's BooK Review

Kirkus Reviews

2016-12-06
Vehicles from the popular Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site (2011) are up-and-at-'em in a new title focused on industry and teamwork. As in its companion title, rhyming text follows a fleet of anthropomorphic construction vehicles from one detail-rich spread to the next. This time they're working together to erect an elaborate building—so large and complex that they call in friends to help. Compositions including simultaneous succession (a series of pictures of the same character on one spread) and superimposed panel illustrations help to organize and pace the progression of the story. Two of the vehicles are identified with feminine pronouns (Skid Steer and Flatbed Truck); happily, Lichtenheld eschews the tired, stereotyped girls-with-eyelashes convention. Multiple trucks display tough-looking underbites, but the warm colors and mottled effect lent by Lichtenheld's oil pastels keep the overall vibe comfortably soft. By the book's end, the text declares, "Cooperation got it done; / teamwork made it fast—and fun!"—but the completed building looks oddly incomplete. Is it supposed to be mostly made of glass? The black lines and open space suggest this, but this part of the illustration stands awkwardly out from the rest of the climactic, colorful illustration. Sure to be a hit with fans of the prior title even if they wonder about that odd-looking building. (Picture book. 2-5)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940174034846
Publisher:	Weston Woods
Publication date:	03/01/2019
Series:	Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	Up to 4 Years

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