First sentence: This is Charlie and he loves to build a castle with Dad fit for a king, a bridge made with sticks tied together with string, a skyscraper with blocks one hundred stories high, a fire station with boxes for all the brave guys...
Premise/plot: Readers first met Charlie and his dad in Charlie Rides. In their second book, Charlie and his Dad are building anything and everything...together...just the way they like it. But what is Charlie's FAVORITE building to build with his dad? Could it be a BLANKET tent for reading?!?!
My thoughts: I definitely loved this one. I loved the relationship of Charlie and his Dad. I loved the details of the illustrations. Both father and son appear to be creative. Not every builder would think to build a bridge for his train set made out of Popsicle sticks. I love that we get all the seasons of the year--summer, winter, fall, spring. The text is well-written. It may include a sentence that would be a nightmare to diagram, but, the rhythm and rhyme of it work.
Text: 4 out of 5
Illustrations: 4 out of 5
Total: 8 out of 10
© 2017 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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