Month: June 2016

Title: Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Author: Sherri Duskey Rinker

Illustrator: Tom Litchenheld

Published: May 4, 2011 by Chronicle Books

Suitable For Ages: 1 – 6 years

Themes/Topics:  Big machinery, cars, trucks, building, wheels in motion, construction sites, rhyming, sleep

Opening:                                

Down in the big construction site,

     The tough trucks work with all their might

                                                       To build a building, make a road,

                                                       To get the job done-load by load!

.Brief Synopsis: A great introduction to the goings on at a construction site.  The many different types of big machinery and all their intricate parts are illustrated beautifully, and each truck’s very unique job on the site is described in pure poetic form.  The days are very busy at a construction site, and the trucks are tired at the end of a long, hard day of work.

Why I Like This Book: I just love the rhythm. Who doesn’t enjoy a rhyming picture book…Big machines and dreams? Sounds like a winner to me.  The whimsical illustrations bring the big machines and the construction site to life. Anyone who is fascinated by building and the wheels that complete the big jobs will be bulldozed over by all the heavy metal in this book. A very sweet story indeed surely to send the little ones wheeling off to dreamland ! Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site 🙂

With all the emphasis on STEM programs, this book would be a great reintroduction to basic machines and how they work.

 Extensions for the book: 

•  Read Aloud on You Tube…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NBbYe1vEhQ
•  Activities for the book: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/landing-pages/pdfs/goodnightCS_ActivitySheetsfinal.pdf
•  Pair it up with this non-fiction read: https://www.amazon.com/Construction-Site-Facts-Pictures-Kids-ebook/dp/B00RQXS1E6
• https://www.raz-kids.com/main/BookDetail/id/229/from/quizroom
•  PBS Kids – visit a real construction site: http://pbskids.org/rogers/video_construction.html
• Science & Engineering Facts – Tallest Buildings: http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/engineering/buildings.html
• http://www.b4ubuild.com/kids/kidlinks.html
• https://www.teachengineering.org/lessons/view/cub_simple_lesson01

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