  | Built to last Author: Le, Minh | |
| Price: $23.78 | ||
Summary:
Every creation two friends build together end up tumbling down, except their friendship.
| Illustrator: | Santat, Dan |
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 2.20 Points: .5 Quiz: 554868 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (03/01/24)
School Library Journal (+) (00/06/24)
Booklist (04/15/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/04/24)
The Hornbook (00/05/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 04/15/2024 Two friends (playful caricatures of the author and the illustrator as kids) are a happy team, building bigger and more elaborate constructions together—which, seen through their eyes, become elaborate fantasy creations, like gently smiling sea dragons and city-destroying monsters. But every finished project somehow ends up in pieces. As little guys, they laugh over the disasters and start again with even bigger dreams. But when their truly magnificent floating construction (Santat’s splendid rendering of the iconic sea turtle swimming across the sky carrying a city on its back) crashes to earth, the ever-frustrated older boys are ready to call it quits as friends. On reflection, of course, they recognize that rebuilding is what their friendship is all about. Full of heart, with inventive art presenting wonderful detail in the imaginary worlds the pair concocts, this fourth picture book by the multi-award-winning duo of Lê and Santat cheerfully undergirds the proposition that dedicated teamwork always pays off—because even a rickety result can fortify a friendship. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
