The Building Boy

£7.99

When the boy’s grandma dies, he finds all of her old building materials in the garden shed – the girders and cement and bricks. At night, through wind, snow and rain, he builds a structure in the garden. A giant iron woman with soft tissue hands. And when he’s finished, she comes to life! Her giant hands swoop down and scoop the boy off the ground. The adventure begins!

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Description

All at once, it was as if the stars leapt closer.
Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the rooftiles on her head.
She was alive!

The boy’s grandma was a famous architect. Her garden is still full of old building materials. Unwilling to accept she has gone, the boy builds a giant structure from the bricks and girders he finds. And then … Grandma comes to life! The boy is whisked away on an epic adventure across fields, through oceans and atop roofs. But where is Grandma taking him?

Beautiful, thrilling and extremely moving: the extraordinary debut picture book from much-loved author, Ross Montgomery.

Additional information

Weight 0.215 kg
Dimensions 25 × 25 × 0.5 cm
Author

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

30 unnumbered

Language

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J