Hi there! I’ve compiled a list of 20 books about construction & buildings for preschool kids. When I taught preschool one of the most exciting theme for my students was our Construction & Buildings unit of study from Creative Curriculum. They just loved playing with blocks, pretending they were construction workers and using the toy tools. And I love watching them play, use their imagination, explore and discover new things during this unit.
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These books about construction & buildings for preschool kids are great for your aspiring builders. They will be a great addition to your classroom library during your construction and buildings unit. These books contain everything your students will need to know about construction and buildings!
Non-Fiction & Fiction
There are so many great books about construction & buildings for preschool kids to choose from! I always try to include both fiction and non-fiction books. I hope these books will inspire your little ones to be creative and use their imagination.
These books are not listed in any particular order. All of them can be found on Amazon. I have also included YouTube links where you can preview the book as well! All book information was taken from Amazon.
20 Books About Construction & Buildings for Preschool Kids
1. At the Construction Site
“In these one-of-a-kind picture books, every page is bursting with life—and tons to discover! Bustling construction sites are everywhere in Wimmelcity. In My Big Wimmelbook—At the Construction Site, join Sarah the architect, Eric the surveyor, and the rest of this hardworking crew as they build roads, a downtown building, and so much more!”
2. Building a House
“Byron Barton, the celebrated creator of numerous picture books for very young children, including Trucks, My Bus, and My Car, builds a house, step by step, right before your eyes! A machine digs a big hole. A cement mixer pours cement. Carpenters put up walls. Bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, and painters do their part. Through brilliantly simple words and pictures a house is built.“
3. Construction (Construction Crew)
“Thonk! Clonk! Clap! The team behind Roadwork and Demolition returns to the construction site, where big machines and busy workers dig, hoist, and hammer away. There’s lots of noise and excitement involved in building a library! Preschoolers will clamor to take a closer look. Award-winning duo Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock are back with another rhythmic read-aloud full of bustling illustrations and sound words that beg kids to join in. Available in English and Spanish!”
4. The Construction Alphabet Book
“For fans of all things that go this noisy alphabet book explores construction equipment from A to Z. Find out about these construction machines and more, from a huge saw that cuts through roads to a massive vacuum that sucks up boulders. You’ll even learn a quick and easy recipe for concrete. Rock crushers, jackhammers, and wrecking balls will delight the youngest of readers learning their ABCs.”
5. Construction Site Book
“My Best Pop-Up Construction Site Book is a large format sturdy, noisy board book that takes young readers on a pop-up surprise journey through a construction site filled with diggers, cranes, bulldozers, dump trucks, and more. Press the button after each page to hear a building site sound. With age-appropriate text and clearly labeled photography, My Best Pop-up Construction Site Book incorporates play and fun into hands-on learning.”
6. Digger, Dozer, Dumper
“Sixteen boisterous, rhyming poems—each one highlighting the job and personality of a different vehicle, from a backhoe to an ambulance to a snowplow—introduce young children to their favorite trucks face-to-face. Cheerful illustrations show each one in action, digging (or dozing, or dumping) away. Each truck and big machine in these enticing rhyming poems is different, and little readers are invited to find a vehicle that’s like them.”
7. Digger Man
“A little boy imagines driving a great big digger-scooping and pushing mud to make a playground for his baby brother. Children are fascinated with bulldozers, backhoes, payloaders-diggers of all shapes and sizes. In this playful picture book, simple alliterative language and bold, colorful images capture a child’s love of building and creating.”
8. Dreaming Up, A Celebration of Building
“A picture book that connects great works of architecture to the ways children build and play. Pair them with notable structures from around the world and see children’s constructions taken to the level of architectural treasures. Here is a unique celebration of children’s playtime explorations and the surprising ways childhood experiences find expression in the dreams and works of innovative architects. Come be inspired to play-dream-build-discover!”
9. Everything You Need For A Tree House
“This magical work of art from acclaimed picture book creators Carter Higgins and Emily Hughes celebrates the universal wonder of treehouses and all the adventure that live among branches.”
10. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
“As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they’ll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by bestselling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld and sweet, rhyming text, this construction book for kids will have truck lovers of all ages begging for more.”
11. Hello World! Construction Site
“Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers. Told in clear and easy terms (“Clank! A crane is used to lift heavy things and move them to the right spot.”) and featuring bright, cheerful illustrations, Hello, World! makes learning fun for young children. And each page offers helpful prompts for engaging with your child. It’s a perfect way to bring science and nature into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops.”
12. Let’s Build
“Let’s build…a fort! Grab a pencil, draw the plans. We’ll construct it with our hands. Dad and son hit the hardware store. And then they start to build! Raise the walls up, hoist that beam. Real construction takes a team! When they’re all done, they’ll have the coolest fort ever!”
13. Look At That Building
“Learning about buildings and how they are constructed has never been so much fun. This gem of a book introduces young readers to basic construction concepts through the eyes of five friends keen on building a doghouse for their pet pooch, Max. To find out more about the task, Yulee, Martin, Nick, Sally and Pedro head to the library, where they learn about foundations, beams, frames and other building fundamentals. Fun facts, bright illustrations and comic-book-style discussions among the characters add to the mix. An activity at the end of the book invites readers to make their own mini doghouse out of marshmallows, paper, glue and craft sticks.”
14. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
“A focus on team building, friendship, and working together: At last—here from the team behind the beloved international bestseller comes a companion to Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. Down in the big construction site, all of the favorite trucks are back facing their biggest job yet and will need the help of new construction friends to get it done. Mighty, Mighty Construction Site teaches kids that when working as a team, even a big job seems small! They find out that with teamwork, nothing is impossible!”
15. My First Trucks & Diggers
“Explore the exciting world of trucks and diggers in this tabbed picture book that leads children to 13 fun activity spreads. Filled with clear photography and simple text, Tabbed Board Books: My First Trucks and Diggers has all the classic kid favorites, from excavators to dump trucks to bulldozers. Look around the construction site to see tankers, logging trucks, and other commercial vehicles carrying freight on the road.”
16. Pete the Cat: Construction Destruction
“Pete the Cat builds a playground in New York Times bestselling artist James Dean’s Pete the Cat: Construction Destruction. When Pete sees that the playground is in bad shape, he gets a totally groovy idea—make a new playground! Pete calls in construction workers and cement mixers, backhoes and dump trucks to build the coolest playground ever. In the end, Pete learns that to make something special, you have to dream big. Complete with over 30 stickers!”
17. Three Cheers for Kid McGear!
“From the New York Times bestselling author that brought you Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Mighty, Mighty Construction Site comes a heartwarming and inspiring tale featuring the first female character to join the core construction crew!She might be small, but she’s got it all—she’s Kid McGear, Skid Steer! Kid McGear is the newest truck to join the Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site crew and she’s eager to help with even the roughest and toughest construction work. But when a steep cliff puts the other trucks in danger, can the new Kid on the site prove she’s big enough for even this big, big job?”
18. The Truck Book
“Climb behind the wheel of over 50 different types of trucks, from dump trucks and fire trucks to tanker trucks and ice cream trucks! Full of colorful and detailed illustrations and loads of interesting facts, The Truck Book is a must-have for all vehicle fans.”
19. When I Build With Blocks
“Step into the block area of a Pre-K / Kindergarten classroom, through the eyes and imagination of a child. When I Build With Blocks, transports an everyday classroom into various imaginative scenes – from outer space to the ocean. Any young child, who has ever built with blocks, can identify with this book. Each block structure included originated from ideas in actual Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms.”
20. Where Do Diggers Sleep At Night
“The bedtime rituals of these little diggers and dump trucks will be quite familiar to kids saying goodnight. Young readers will surely identify with little fire engines, tractors, and monster trucks as they ask for one more story while their mommy trucks tuck them in, and their daddy trucks sing a goodnight song. Children who can’t get enough of trucks and other vehicles will love Brianna Caplan Sayres things-that-go…to sleep books, including companion titles Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night, and Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night?”
This is not an exhaustive list; there are many more books about construction & buildings for preschool kids to read! Are there some which are not listed that you would suggest? Which book are you most excited to share with your child or add to your classroom?
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