Published on Jan 19, 2014
Calling all tools to the workbench! Aaron Meshon's follow-up to Take Me Out to the Yakyu, which The New York Times Book Review calls "a definite home run," hits the nail on the head.
In a messy yard, a busy day begins for a team of tools. With a click, click and a bang! bang!, everyone from Wrench, Hammer, and Screwdriver right down to Nuts and Bolts is pitching in to make a shed. Okay, crew! Who's ready to build?
From "hammer" and "wrench" to "awl" and "vise," readers will construct a vocabulary of terrific tool terms as they learn the importance of teamwork.
A few reviews:
"Meshon (Take Me Out to the Yakyu) puts his cheery toylike crew to work building a tool shed. The bright cartoon spreads are filled with an epic cast of very cute characters, but by using arrows emblazoned with text to emphasize key actions ("Saw saws Wood"), Meshon makes the project easy to follow. With plenty of deeply satisfying onomatopoeia ("Vrip! Vrip! Vrip!" is the sound of the saw) and tool jokes (What sound does a nail make when it's being hammered in? "Ok! Ouch! Ok! Ok! Ouch!"), the story should be deemed a job well done by preschool or kindergarten DIYers."
(Publishers Weekly, December 2013)
"Are there any tots who don't like to play with toy tools? Most likely not, and this appealing and inventive story features animated tool characters, each with its own individual traits. . . . The colored digital illustrations are imaginative (each tool has eyes, and some have legs), with sound effects offering opportunities for participation. . . . Mild puns add to the fun. . . . Diagrammatic arrows with large letters nail down the interchange among the tools and cleverly enforce the concept of working together. . . . Buy it along with a wooden tool set as a gift for an enterprising young carpenter."
(Kirkus Reviews, January 2014)
About the Author
Aaron Meshon is an illustrator and designer for magazines and products around the world, and the author-illustrator of Take Me Out to the Yakyu. Aaron lives with his wife and their French bulldog, Chubu, in Brooklyn, New York.
Published on Jan 19, 2014
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