2017 Summer Reading Program “Reading by Design”
Books Featuring Building, Design, Architecture, and Construction
Apps:
Flete Math. Ahoiii Entertainment.
Skyscrapers. Tinybop, Inc.
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. Oceanhouse.
For Little Ones (ages two – five)
Barros, Bruna. The Carpenter.
Barton, Byron. My House.
Bean, Jonathan. Building Our House.
Beaty, Andrea. Iggy Peck, Architect.
Bee, William. Stanley the Builder.
Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
Campoy, Isabel. Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood.
Clement, Nathan. Job Site.
Cyrus, Kurt. Billions of Bricks.
Gordon, Domenica More. Archie.
Eldarova, Sofia. Builder Mouse.
Elliott, Rebecca. Dalmatian in a Digger.
Farley, Brianne. Secret Tree Fort.
Fern, Tracey E. Pippo the Fool.
Fleming, Meg. Ready, Set, Build!
Freedman, Deborah. This House, Once.
Gall, Chris. NanoBots.
Gordon, David. Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery.
Greene, Rhonda G. Push! Dig! Scoop! A Construction Counting Rhyme.
Hale, Christy. Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building.
Hearn, Sam. Busy Builders.
Hohn, Nadia L. Malaika’s Costume.
Hood, Susan. The Fix-It Man.
Kleven, Elisa. Welcome Home, Mouse.
Johnson, D. B. Henry Builds a Cabin.
Landry, Leo. What’s Up, Chuck?
Lewis, Emma. The Museum of Me.
Lewis, Kevin. The Lot at the End of My Block.
London, Jonathan. Froggy Builds a Tree House.
Messier, Mireille. The Branch.
Murray, Alison. The House That Zack Built.
Norman, Kim. The Bot That Scott Built.
Nevius, Carol. Building with Dad.
Peschke, Marci. Fashion Queen.
Potter, Giselle. This Is My Dollhouse.
Raczka, Bob. Niko Draws a Feeling.
Reidy, Jean. Busy Builders, Busy Week!
Rex, Adam. School’s First Day of School.
Rinker, Sherri Duskey. Mighty, Mighty, Construction Site.
Shoulders, Michael. D Is for Dump Truck: A Construction Alphabet.
Shulman, Lisa. Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop.
Sobel, June. B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC.
Spiro, Ruth. Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering!
Spiro, Ruth. Baby Loves Quarks!
Sutton, Sally. Construction.
Sutton, Sally. Roadwork.
Various. The Three Little Pigs.
Veldkamp, Tjibbe. Sam and the Construction Site.
Vestergaard, Hope. Digger Dozer Dumper.
Zimmerman, Andrea. Digger Man.
For Early Readers (ages five – six)
Carter, David A. Busy Bug Builds a Fort.
Horvath, James. Build, Dogs, Build: A Tall Tale.
Horvath, James. Dig, Dogs, Dig: A Construction Tale.
Shaw, Natalie. Stick With It.
Moving-Up Books (ages six – eight)
Bunting, Eve. Pop’s Bridge.
Gutman, Dan. Miss Brown is Upside Down!
Hopkinson, Deborah. Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building.
Hurst, Elise. Imagine a City.
Kirk, Connie Ann. Sky Dancers.
May, Kyla. Kiki: My Stylish Life.
O’Donnell, Liam. The Case of the Maker Mischief (West Meadows Detectives).
Richards, Chuck. Jungle Gym Jitters.
Simon, Coco. Mia’s Recipe for Disaster.
For Tweens (ages nine – twelve)
Avi. The Barn.
Griffiths, Andy. The 39-Story Treehouse. 
Griffiths, Andy. The 52-Story Treehouse.
Helget, Nicole. The End of the Wild.
London, Matt. We Built This City.
London, Matt. Welcome to the Jungle.
McCoy, Mimi. The Dead End.
Reinhardt, Dana. How to Build a House.
Richards, C.J. The Junkyard Bot.
Scieszka, Jon. Frank Einstein and the Brain Turbo.
Shovan, Laura. The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary.
Spalding, Esta. Look Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts.
Trevayne, Emma. The House of Months and Years.
Weiner, Ellis. The Templeton Twins Make a Scene.
Nonfiction
Bishop-Stephens, Will. How to Create Animation in 10 Easy Lessons.
Bow, James. Maker Projects for Kids Who Love Robotics.
Challoner, Jack. Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects: Build. Invent. Create. Discover.
Cornille, Didier. Who Built That? Bridges: An Introduction to Ten Great Bridges and Their Designers.
Criley, Mark. The Drawing Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Teaches You How to Draw.
Curlee, Lynn. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Dillon, Patrick. The Story of Buildings: From the Pyramids to the Sydney Opera House.
Eggers, Dave. This Bridge Will Not Be Gray.
Fields, Stella. Lazy Crafternoon.
Gonzales, Andrea & Sophie Houser. Girl Code: Gaming, Going Viral, and Getting it Done.
Isaacson, Philip M. Round Buildings, Square Buildings, and Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish.
Johmann, Carol A. Skyscrapers! Super Structures to Design and Build.
Kamkwamba, William. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Hagar, Erin. The Inventors of LEGO Toys.
Latham, Donna. Skyscrapers: Investigate Feats of Engineering.
Macaulay, David. Built to Last.
Mannis, Celeste Davidson. Julia Morgan Built a Castle.
Mattews, Elizabeth. Different Like Coco.
Nolan, Janet. Seven and a Half Tons of Steel.
Paxmann, Christine. From Mud Huts to Skyscrapers.
Rapoport, Rebecca & J.A. Yoder. Math Lab for Kids: Fun, Hands-on Activities for Learning with Shapes, Puzzles, and Games.
Rogenmoser, Yvonne. Crossing the Gotthard: The Longest Tunnel in the World.
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Toilets, Toasters, & Telephones: The How and Why of Everyday Objects.
Ware, Lesley. Sew Fab: Sewing and Style for Young Fashionistas.
Penny Peck, San Jose State University iSchool