Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site Sound Book

Description

The #1 New York Times bestselling team that brought you Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with another entertaining book for bedtime! Lightly abridged and revised from the original text, this playful board book includes a sound bar with 5 sounds-crunch, vroom, beep, yawn, snore- that bring interactive fun to the setting of the hit picture book. Down in the big construction site, tough trucks work with all their might! Listen to them crunch, vroom, beep- until it's time to go to sleep! Goodnight, goodnight, construction site!

Sherri Duskey Rinker lives in Chicago with her photographer husband and two energetic, inquisitive sons: one fascinated by bugs and magic, and the other by trucks and trains. She created this goodnight story in hopes of happier bedtimes and sweet dreams for all. Find out more about Sherri at www.sherriduskeyrinker.com. Tom Lichtenheld loves drawing pictures and telling silly stories. For a long time, he did this by making up TV commercials for things like hamburgers, blue jeans and fancy cars. But lately he's been writing and illustrating books for kids, which is a lot more fun. His books include NYT bestseller Duck! Rabbit!, Everything I Know About Cars, and Shark Vs. Train. He lives in Geneva, Illinois. You can see all of Tom's books and more at tomlichtenheld.com.

"A delightful debut." - The New York Times "An ideal bedtime book for all those truck-loving toddlers and preschoolers! ...If there's a truck fan in your family, this is a great pick... Drive it to the top of your pile of story time truck reads as well." - Waking Brain Cells blog "For all those youngsters who feel coziest with a cement mixer jammed into an armpit and a dump truck wedged at their feet, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site might be the best bedtime book ever." - Hampton Roads "Gentle rhymes and soft-colored pictures of favorite trucks are the perfect way to lull any child into sweet dreams." - Bookmarkable blog, "Lichtenheld's detailed and textured illustrations, rendered in wax oil pastels on vellum paper, perfectly complement the fun, rhyming text, cleverly personifying each truck with expressive eyes and amusing details. ...Recommended for vehicle- and bedtime-themed storytimes, this is sure to be a hit with truck-loving preschoolers." - School Library Journal, starred review "Perfect for sleepers who are more fascinated by the motorized and muddy than by the soft and fluffy. A certain subset of parents and grandparents will see this book and shout, "At last!" - Chicago Tribune "Rinker's rhythmic verse reinforces the vehicles' love of their work (Dump Truck "moves the dirt/ from place to place, / Then dumps it with a happy face") and, like Lichtenheld's art, deftly balances the story's boisterous and drowsy elements. Truck lovers will happily nod off to the strains of this read-aloud." - Publishers Weekly "A delightful debut."-The New York Times "A delightful debut." " A standout picture book, especially for those who like wheels with their dreams" - Booklist, starred review "A delightful debut." -The New York Times "A great read-aloud story as you are settling your child in for the night." -About.com "If your little reader is mad for trucks, you must get this gem of a book!" -SweetOnBooks.com "This book is a treasure." -Testy Yet Trying blog "A delightful debut." -The New York Times "A delightful debut." --The New York Times SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL \"Lichtenheld s detailed and textured illustrations, rendered in wax oil pastels on vellum paper, perfectly complement the fun, rhyming text, cleverly personifying each truck with expressive eyes and amusing details.\"