The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Sturges, Judy Sue Goodwin

Construction Kitties

32 pp. | Holt | February, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-9105-2 $16.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Shari Halpern. Four indisputably cute overall-clad kitties don hard hats and hop into colorful earthmovers to dig, move, push, and smooth dirt at a construction site. Halpern's irresistible gouache illustrations do the heavy lifting here, channeling Byron Barton's style (strong black lines, rich hues) but with more subtlety of color. With its bold images and straightforward text, this book would make a good storytime choice.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2013