"Three-dimensional construction workers and equipment add a bit of novelty to this mild-mannered, kid-friendly look at a road's construction. 'Make a street, make a street, workers in a row./ Make me a street for things that go,' the book begins. With each turn of the page, the jovial, hard-working crew carries out another step of its rhyming mandate ('Sticky street, soft to spread./ Squeeze it out like jam on bread,' they say as they smooth out the newly laid asphalt). By book's end, the many tasks and layers coalesce into a road that bears the name Easy Street. Bono's Ugh! A Bug! was a bravura showcase for her model-making and composition talents; here the action is confined to a single, stage-like plane (the street itself), where the characters take on a toy-like quality (think Bob the Builder with non-anthropomorphized vehicles). Little ones will enjoy the doll-like's crew sense of purpose, their colorful array of hard hats, and the real dirt and rocks that they kick up on the job. A good choice for those ready to move up from Byron Barton's classic Machines at Work. Ages 1-up." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Detailed, three-dimensional art featuring actual road-building materials such as sand and gravel chronicles the step-by-step process by which a new street is created. Includes an Author's Note with additional details about road building and asphalt paving. Full color.