The last pages of the book, after the story is complete, is the wonderful Author's Note. Everyone pitches in then, and for the moving in party at the end of the book. You never know.")īut this year the first frost arrives early.īut more people are needed to build this house, of course, and they throw a frame-raising party where extended family comes to help as well as workers from the quarry and sawmill. "Dad lays the rocks one on top another while we fill the loud mixing machine." Later, Grandpa visits with his backhoe (Ben: "Does Grand-Dad have a backhoe, Mommy?" Me, thinking of how my father doesn't even have a tool box: "I don't think so, Ben, but we can call and ask. Each page shows them working hard, together. His core family-at the beginning of the book, four people, but by the end there's an additional baby-is the work crew. Based on the true story of his parents moving out to the country and building their own home with the help of all kids big enough to wield a hammer, Jonathan Bean writes a simple tale of building his family's home. I think there's a little pile of Ben drool still there.Īnyway, this book is a gem. Or maybe he's just trying to shove the pictures in his brain through osmosis he fell asleep with his head on the last page of this book. Can one children's book do that? I sure do think so. Here is a book that has the potential to stay in his head and work its magic through childhood and into adulthood. Everyone in our house likes this book, but Ben is the most smitten.
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