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Pallotta, Jerry

The Construction Alphabet Book

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | July, 2006 | Library ISBN 1-57091-437-0 $16.95 | Paper ISBN 1-57091-438-9 $7.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Rob Bolster. Palotta describes twenty-nine construction vehicles and tools (he's so enamored by the subject he starts again at A after presenting Z), including a jackhammer, mobile rock crusher, and X-bracing. The informative text occasionally includes sound effects ("Eeeeee...BOOM!") and some distractingly random diversions and jokes. The watercolor paintings look almost like photographs in their realism and detail.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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