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A review by erine
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
4.0
Beautiful illustrations: check.
Nice rhyming rhythm: check.
A pinch of humor: check.
Being able to convince a small child to go to bed because the construction trucks are going too: priceless.
Update: The more I read this to the kids, the more it bothers me that every single piece of construction equipment in this story is a "he." Not one "she" in the bunch. So I fix it when I read it, but it still grates on my nerves. I just saw there is a new Construction Site book coming in 2017, and I can only hope that there's at least some token representation. Because really, how hard is it to have a lady cement mixer when it doesn't affect the illustrations or the rhyme scheme? It is almost literally the least one could do.
Nice rhyming rhythm: check.
A pinch of humor: check.
Being able to convince a small child to go to bed because the construction trucks are going too: priceless.
Update: The more I read this to the kids, the more it bothers me that every single piece of construction equipment in this story is a "he." Not one "she" in the bunch. So I fix it when I read it, but it still grates on my nerves. I just saw there is a new Construction Site book coming in 2017, and I can only hope that there's at least some token representation. Because really, how hard is it to have a lady cement mixer when it doesn't affect the illustrations or the rhyme scheme? It is almost literally the least one could do.