From Here to There
“What does it take to build a road? How many machines and people are involved in getting us from here to there? This simple story answers these questions and more when Farmer Dibble decides he wants a road to town to make his journey less bumpy. Soon the bulldozer, dump trucks, and excavator are hard at work, with a paver, roller, and brooms on the way. But will Farmer Dibble be satisfied with the new road?”
—Boyds Mills Press
“The colorful, full page illustrations show the heavy equipment at work, as the text relates the equipment sounds. Children will particularly enjoy the pictures of the big earth movers, spreaders, smoothers, signs, barricades, and tools. This will make a fun read aloud, and children can make the sounds of the equipment. This read aloud is good support for the study of literary sequencing.”
—Richmond Virginia Public Schools
“This book would be very effective for lower grades community workers/service study. The illustrations are clear and present the equipment and work performed by road crews effectively. It would tie in with Kinder’s TEKS for community workers.”
—Irving Independent School District, Irving Texas
“…young children who just love watching construction trucks will still find plenty to enjoy here. The straightforward watercolor paintings put the vehicles front and center. With a few short lines of text on each double–page spread, this picture book offers a bit of a framework story and many scenes of road–construction trucks at work.”
—Booklist
“Youngsters will be beguiled by the images of all the heavy equipment needed for such an undertaking…The story is told in short, declarative sentences and the simple vocabulary makes it accessible to beginning readers.”
—School Library Journal
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