2007 Bank Street College of Education Best Book

2007 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Book

From Booklist:

"The toolbox twins, Vincent and his dad, work together around the house. Both have boxes stocked with the tools they will need for a variety of jobs. Each turn of the page brings a new rhyme with either a double-page illustration or two pictures on facing pages showing the father and son at work. Colorful acrylic paintings illustrate the rhyming text in a simple, direct manner, focusing on the companionable pair and how each toolbox twin uses familiar household tools. The many preschoolers who are fascinated by tools will adore this."

"With hammers and nails, they bang and tap...steps that squeak, stools that creak." "With chisels and files, they shape and scrape...gates that catch, seats that scratch." "With pliers and wrenches, they turn and tighten...pipes that drip, bolts that slip."

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