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Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books |
Release
Date: August 2004 |
ISBN:
0374329532 |
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Format
Reviewed: Hardcover Full-Color Picture Book |
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Genre:
Childrens fiction [Age Level: 4 8] |
Reviewed:
2004 |
Reviewer:
Jan Fields |
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Copyright
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Henrys Amazing Machine
By Dayle Ann Dodds
Kyrsten
Brooker
Henry
is a boy who loves putting things together. He never knows quite
what his contraption is for but he loves it just the same,
and so does his community. But his parents have a bit of a problem
as Henrys machine gets bigger and bigger. My four year old
loved this book. As soon as we finished reading it, she had to build
a contraption using pipe cleaners, stuffed toys, and plastic cars.
This is the kind of book that inspires a child to build without
worrying about purpose sometimes simply creating is enough.
I liked seeing inventing portrayed as a creative and artistic act.
So often children with an engineering bent are left out of the artistic
loop. The text flows wonderfully as a read-aloud, smooth and engaging
its the sort of book that will hold up well to multiple
readings. And the illustrations are so full of bits and gadget parts
that a young inventor will spend hours looking at them.
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