“What's heartwarming throughout is the depiction of a tight-knit family (‘My family makes up a strong crew of four'). In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. “Wonderfully detailed, often humorous.” - BCCB “A warm look at the nuts and bolts of building a house and turning it into a home.” - Publishers Weekly “* Bean creates an engaging story as well as a glimpse into a warm family setting.” - The Horn Book, starred review “* Lovingly told, this captivating tale will help satisfy a child's curiosity of what it takes to create a building from scratch.” - School Library Journal, starred review A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013 A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013 In this unique construction book for kids who love tools and trucks, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old. It's something special.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review Building Our House by Jonathan Bean A young girl describes her family's effort over the course of eighteen months to. Building Our House by Jonathan Bean Book PDF Summary. Children will enjoy the comforting solidity of shoring up foundations and sawing strong boards.” - The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) As he imagines it through the eyes of his older sister, Building Our House is Jonathan Beans retelling of his own familys true experience, and includes an afterword with photographs from the authors collection. Bean's terrific illustrations show a loving family, living in a mobile home as they gather lumber and pour concrete. His next book, Big Snow, arrives this Fall.“Children ages 3–10 who already like tools and diggers aren't the only ones who will respond to the warmth and optimism in these clear, detailed, gently color-washed pages.” - The Wall Street Journal

He has illustrated six picture books and just won his second Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for his latest book, Building Our House. Since then, Jonathan's worked for numerous publishers and his illustration and writing have received widespread recognition. He received his first job illustrating for children when hired by Cricket in 2004. If you tell him making picture books is the best job in the world he will agree.Īfter receiving his undergraduate degree from Messiah College, Jonathan moved to New York City in 2003 to attend graduate school at the School of Visual Arts.

He can sometimes be spotted down the street at his favorite bookstore, The Midtown Scholar, or around town drawing people or watering his rooftop garden. Jonathan Bean lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a yellow brick building, on the third floor, above a café, in a small apartment where he keeps all his money and jewels on the doorstep, so thieves can find them, but sleeps with his drawings under the mattress.

Building our house by jonathan bean