From wall to wall and ceiling to floor, a house is made of many parts. Now, in page after page of beautifully detailed artwork, young readers can take a tour through a house, stopping in every room and examining all the features. Then they can venture outside to find how all sorts of houses make a neighborhood. Children will enjoy poring over these inviting pictures and taking a new look at something they live with every day.
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From Publishers Weekly
Using a two-story structure as his prototype, DuQuette (Hotel Animal) surveys the components of a generic house. He begins with the facade, then isolates its structural details in watercolor and pencil against white negative space, with accompanying rhyming couplets. For example, the text on a spread showing a flat plane comprised of polished wood, linoleum tile and terra-cotta patio brick reads: "A house is made of many parts; the floor is where the story starts." A floating grid of decorated walls divides the house into rooms, etc. After introducing the home's discrete sections, DuQuette presents a dollhouse-style cutaway view, complete with furnishings and inhabitants. He then backs away to show the suburban street where the house stands and finally offers a bird's-eye view of a town and its outlying areas via a garish-looking float in a parade. Though the illustrations exhibit strong draftsmanship, the interior design of the house looks dated, and the people, pets and other signs of life that give a place its soul look static. But what will likely be of greatest concern to readers is that the house doesn't seem to reflect the family living in it (the mother, father and their childrenAat least four, both boys and girlsAreside in a house with only two bedrooms). Ages 4-8. (May)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSReminiscent of Mary Ann Hobermans A House Is a House for Me (Viking, 1978), this book matches simple rhyming text with colorful double-page illustrations to highlight the basic elements of a dwelling, beginning with the floor and working up to the roof. DuQuette concludes by pointing out the one thing that makes any place a homeyou. The text is lively and succinct, although in one instance the brevity is confusing and a bit awkward to read aloud (Another fact thats worth revealing;/one rooms floors anothers ceiling). A charming cutaway illustration looks at all of the rooms in the house and the family members using them. Inviting endpapers show the variety of abodes that people inhabit, ranging from the unusual (log cabin, geodesic dome) to the more common (split-level, apartment).Jeanette Larson, Texas State Library, Austin
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A great book to open coversation.,
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This review is from: The House Book (Picture Books) (Hardcover)
The pictures and the flow of the book are wonderful! It leads itself to a great many discussions and learning of terms as well as thinking about other places and cultures. Because of this book we are going to find additional books about types of houses and construction. My 3yr old and my 10 yr old have really enjoied it!
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Wonderful treat for children as well as adults,
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This review is from: The House Book (Picture Books) (Hardcover)
Wonderful! A treat for children, and fun for adults to admire as well. The illustrations are superb, and the concept of touring a house and figuring out what comprises a house a house will make kids remember this work every time they enter a new house.
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Wish I had read this book when I was a child,
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This review is from: The House Book (Picture Books) (Hardcover)
A friend of mine showed me this book, and the first thing I thought was, I wish I had read this when I was a child. How exciting to see a house from this viewpoint! An imaginative child could fall into these illustrations and easily imagine walking around in the houses. And he or she could imagine doing different things with the house, and think about living different ways. The houses are full of clever and colorful details and seem like the kind of warm, loving place a child would want to be in, and maybe want to create. This kind of book just could be the beginning of a career in architecture in a young person's mind.
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