An inspirational true story by the national nonprofit organization dedicated to providing healthy play areas for children traces the efforts of a group of kids and adults from an Indianapolis community who worked with KaBOOM! to build a playground that became the site of endless imaginative adventures.

From the publisher that brought you the bestselling Baby University books comes a brand new board book series of construction books for kids. Join the construction team and help build a playground! Let's build a playground! Follow along step-by-step as we construct a fun neighborhood playground, from digging holes for the support poles to assembling the slide and more! With a simple format and the introduction of new engineering concepts and words, tiny tool lovers will enjoy being a part of the construction crew. The Let's Build series introduces young readers to engineering, construction, and architecture, helping them imagine what they can build!

Dreaming of a day when there will be a real playground in her own neighborhood, a little girl is ecstatic when she learns that a local playground has been planned, in a story inspired by the construction of the first playground built by the KaBOOM! national nonprofit.

Poor design and wasted funding characterize today's American playgrounds. A range of factors--including a litigious culture, overzealous safety guidelines, and an ethos of risk aversion--have created uniform and unimaginative playgrounds. These spaces fail to nurture the development of children or promote playgrounds as an active component in enlivening community space. Solomon's book demonstrates how to alter the status quo by allying data with design. Recent information from the behavioral sciences indicates that kids need to take risks; experience failure but also have a chance to succeed and master difficult tasks; learn to plan and solve problems; exercise self-control; and develop friendships. Solomon illustrates how architects and landscape architects (most of whom work in Europe and Japan) have already addressed these needs with strong, successful playground designs. These innovative spaces, many of which are more multifunctional and cost effective than traditional playgrounds, are both sustainable and welcoming. Having become vibrant hubs within their neighborhoods, these play sites are models for anyone designing or commissioning an urban area for children and their families. The Science of Play, a clarion call to use playground design to deepen the American commitment to public space, will interest architects, landscape architects, urban policy makers, city managers, local politicians, and parents.

From the publisher that brought you the bestselling Baby University books comes a brand new board book series of construction books for kids. Join the construction team and help build a school! Let's build a School! Follow along step-by-step as we construct a school, from mixing the concrete for the walls, to building the desks, and so much more. With a simple format, bright and bold art, and the introduction of new engineering concepts, tiny tool lovers will enjoy being a part of the construction crew. The Little Builders series introduces young readers to engineering, construction, and architecture, helping them imagine what they can build! Pick up Let's Build a School if you're looking for: New concepts and words for toddlers An introduction to engineering for kids Truck books for toddlers

From the publisher that brought you the bestselling Baby University books comes a brand new board book series of construction books for kids. Join the construction team and help build a highway! Let's build a highway! Follow along step-by-step as big trucks and machines construct a busy road, from surveying the roadway, to using a bulldozer to clear the path, and so much more. With a simple format and the introduction of new engineering concepts and words, tiny truck lovers will enjoy being a part of the construction crew. The Let's Build series introduces young readers to engineering, construction, and architecture, helping them imagine what they can build!

This book is a wonderful rhyming children's story aboutspending the day at the biggest playground in town.The children cannot wait to get to the park andenjoy playing in the fresh air and sunshine.With so many things to do, they move fromone adventure to the next enjoying all thisplayground has to offer.What a great day for the whole family!

Join Louie, a crafty Llama with Dwarfism, who loves to build, construct and create. Together, he and his friends dream up a plan to bring the very first all-inclusive playground to their town.

Includes titles: Let's Build a Playground; A Day at the Races; Best Wishes for Eddie; New Year's Around the World; and Starfishers to the Rescue.