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Fort-Building Time
CCBC Review:
“Winter is a snowball-throwing, scarf-wrapping, sled-pulling, ice-sliding time. / A dog-snuggling, cocoa-drinking, snowman-making, fort-building time!” A lilting rhyming text describes the activities of a group of children who build a different kind of fort in each season, starting with a snow fort in winter, then on to a tent fort, a beach fort, and finally a tree fort. Spritely watercolor illustrations show a multiracial cast of girls and boys playing together outside over the span of a year. Both the words and pictures acknowledge that children will always find a way to build a “cozy-keeping” fort of some type and incorporate it into their imaginative play. ©2017 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Abigail Halpin
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-6
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Building/Construction
Cooperation
Seasons
Stories in Rhyme
Diversity subject:
Multicultural General
On CCBC Booklist:
Rhyme and Reason: 25 Rhyming Books
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf
Publish Year: 2017
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9780399556555
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Lloyd
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