Construction Crews Build Big!

The hard-working animals living in Breezy Valley return as construction workers build a new town library, from foundation to finishing touches.
In this fun and detail-packed picture book for kids ages 3-6, the workers of Breezy Valley bring their tools and trucks to tackle the big job of building a new library. After site prep, digging and laying the foundation, and framing, the tradespeople come in to take care of wiring, piping, painting, and more. Constant action, informative labels, and cut-aways combine to give young readers the full story of how a building gets built.

R. W. Alley is the author and illustrator of many children’s books. For more than 20 years, he has been the illustrator of the revamped Paddington Bear series, across multiple formats. He kicked off the Breezy Valley at Work series with Firefighters to the Rescue!, and he recently added Hospital Heroes Save the Day! He received the Rhode Island Mock Caldecott Award for There’s a Wolf at the Door, and a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book for Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day. Books he has illustrated have been selected by Junior Library Guild and included in lists such as ALA Notable Books for Children, Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts, among others. He lives in Rhode Island.