Build Your Dream

A Girl Can Build Anything written by e. E. Charlton-Trujillo

Have you ever dreamed of building something? Maybe something little-like a birdhouse? Or something big-like a skyscraper? If you can envision it, you can build it! A Girl Can Build Anything is a playful celebration of all the different ways girls can make things-from tinkering to tool wielding, from ideas on paper to big, lived-out dreams that require brick and mortar. This fun and empowering ode to self-expression will inspire readers to jump up and immediately start to build.

Building written and illustrated by Henry Cole

A beaver family works hard to rebuild when their dam is threatened by storms in this beautifully illustrated follow-up to Nesting that introduces young children to beginning life science concepts.

Fiona Builds a Fairy House written by Kristen Dickson

When Fiona has the idea to build her very own fairy house, she gets to work right away foraging for supplies, scouting for the perfect location, and recruiting some magical friends. Building a fairy house isn’t as easy as you might think!

Our Shed: a father-daughter building story written by Robert Broder

A father teaches his daughter about woodworking and she contributes imagination and fun as they build a shed together.

Smashy Town written by Andrea Griffing Zimmerman

With a turn of his crane and a swing of his wrecking ball, Mr. Gilly knocks down the old buildings. He smashes through brick and wood. He crashes through stone and glass. Then, with a push from his bulldozer, Mr. Gilly cleans it all up to make room for something brand-new!

Jasper & Ollie Build a Fort written and illustrated by Alex Willan

Best friends Jasper, a quick and feisty fox, and Ollie, a slow and deliberate sloth, decide to build forts in the yard. While Jasper’s enormous fort goes up in minutes (complete with a rock climbing wall, bouncy, castle, and moat), it’s Ollie’s humble fort that has what the pair need most . . . a place that they can share.

House Mouse written and illustrated by Michael Hall

A clever and resourceful mouse, looking for a safe place to settle down, builds different shelters and learns that home is wherever you make it.

Billions of Bricks: [a counting book about building] written by Kurt Cyrus

Grab a hard hat and all your tools, and get ready for a construction adventure in counting! This clever, rhyming picture book leads readers through a day in the life of a construction crew building with bricks. A brick may seem like just a simple block, but in groupings of ten, twenty, and more, it can create many impressive structures, from hotels to schools to skyscrapers.

Nonfiction

How Was That Built? Written by Roma Agrawal

From skyscrapers to bridges, meet the extraordinary people who helped build some of the world’s architectural marvels.

Blocks & Building Activities for Toddlers: https://myboredtoddler.com/blocks-building-activities-for-toddlers-easy/

Fun with kids: building and construction activities: https://www.onelovelylife.com/fun-with-kids-construction/

DIY Cardboard Tube Construction Toy: https://picklebums.com/cardboard-tube-construction/