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If I Built a School

Chris Van Dusen

Reader Score

86%

86% of readers

recommend this book

The New York Times Best Seller
2019 The New York Times Best Seller
In this exuberant companion to If I Built a Car, a boy fantasizes about his dream school--from classroom to cafeteria to library to playground.


My school will amaze you. My school will astound.
By far the most fabulous school to be found!
Perfectly planned and impeccably clean.
On a scale, 1 to 10, it's more like 15!
And learning is fun in a place that's fun, too.

If Jack built a school, there would be hover desks and pop-up textbooks, skydiving wind tunnels and a trampoline basketball court in the gym, a robo-chef to serve lunch in the cafeteria, field trips to Mars, and a whole lot more. The inventive boy who described his ideal car and house in previous books is dreaming even bigger this time.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Rocky Pond Books
  • Publish Date: Aug 13rd, 2019
  • Pages: 32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.10in - 10.10in - 0.50in - 0.85lb
  • EAN: 9780525552918
  • Recommended age: 05-08
  • Categories: School & EducationImagination & PlayArt

About the Author

Chris Van Dusen is the author and illustrator of several highly acclaimed picture books, including the hugely popular Mercy Watson series. His book, If I Built a Car won the 2006 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award presented by The Association of Bookesellers for Children. He and his family live in Camden, Maine.

Praise for this book

Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

"An all-day sugar rush, putting the 'fun' back into, er, education." --Kirkus

"Told in excellently structured rhyming couplets, this story has a Seussian feel, although the vocabulary is much more varied and advanced. . . . Reluctant readers will be especially intrigued." --School Library Journal