Bibliograph

Construction people, poems, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; illustrated by Ellen Shi

Type

Label

Construction people, poems, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; illustrated by Ellen Shi

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Construction people

Oclc number

1140193022

Responsibility statement

selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins ; illustrated by Ellen Shi

Sub title

poems

Summary

Out of a pit of soil and rock, a skyscraper will sit on this block. In Construction people, you'll meet the people and marvel at the machinery that transform an empty lot into a magnificent building. Glaziers, electricians, carpenters, plumbers--each group plays a unique role when constructing a skyscraper. Working together, they create something extraordinary

Table Of Contents

What will I become? / Rebecca Kai Dotlich -- Architect / Denver Butson -- Backhoe operator / Georgia Heard -- Dump truck movers / Darren Sardelli -- Cement speaks / Ralph Fletcher -- Crane operator / Amy Ludwig VanDerWater -- Song of the welders / Allan Wolf -- Carpenters / B.J. Lee -- Plumbers / Charles Ghigna -- Construction project manager / Matt Forrest Esenwine -- Glaziers / Joan Bransfield Graham -- Elevator installers / Lee Bennett Hopkins -- Electricians / J. Patrick Lewis -- What I am / Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Target audience

juvenile

Contributor

Genre