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If I Built a School
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  • Published: 13 August 2019
  • ISBN: 9780525552918
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

If I Built a School

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Hardback
13 Aug 2019
EBook
13 Aug 2019
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19 Nov 2024
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In this exuberant companion to If I Built a Car, a boy fantasizes about his dream school--from classroom to cafeteria to library to playground.

In this exuberant addition to the award-winning If I Built series, Jack fantasizes about his dream school—from classroom to cafeteria, from library to playground!

“My school will amaze you. My school will astound.
By far the most fabulous school to be found!”

Jack is back! And this time, his imagination takes him back to school, where he dreams up the ideal environment for him and his classmates. If Jack built a school, there would be hover desks and pop-up textbooks, skydiving wind tunnels, a trampoline basketball court in the gym, a robo-chef to serve lunch in the cafeteria, field trips to Mars, and a whole lot more.

Complete with detailed, futuristic illustrations, bright colors, and an infectious rhythm, this out-of-this-world read-aloud is a master class in imaginative fun.
  • Published: 13 August 2019
  • ISBN: 9780525552918
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00
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Praise for If I Built a School

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If I Built a School
"An all-day sugar rush, putting the 'fun' back into, er, education." --Kirkus

"Told in excellently structured rhyming couplets, this story has a Seussian feel, although the vocabulary is much more varied and advanced. . . . Reluctant readers will be especially intrigued." --School Library Journal

If I Built a Car
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award
"Energetic verse and jubilant, action-packed artwork make this tale of a young inventor's fantastic daydream a joy ride." --Publishers Weekly
"The story is told in jaunty rhyming couplets, but the fun really comes from the illustrations, which perfectly parody 1950s' visions of the future." --Booklist

If I Built a House
NEIBA Children's Book Award

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New York Times Bestseller
ALA Notable Book
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
"Van Dusen's larger-than-life characters and retro sensibility extend the dry humor of the situation, and his shiny, rainbow-bright gouache art shoots the energy, especially Mercy's, right off the page." --Booklist, starred review