THE BUILDING BOY

 

Ages 3-8, illustrated by David Litchfield

Published by Faber&Faber, September 2016

Times Children's Book of the Week

 

The boy’s work was done.

 

He looked into the eyes he’d built and said, “Grandma, wake up.”

 

All at once the stars leapt closer.

 

Grandma grabbed the boy, raising him high above the roof tiles 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?

 

An epic adventure about life, death, and finding your place in the world.

 

"Brilliantly inventive... quirky and life-affirming,

with a sense of the surreal."

The Bookseller

 

"Beautiful and deceptively simple...

[a] sensitive and haunting tale."
Booktrust

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"Such a gently emotive and magically surreal story, it allows the reader to immerse themselves fully

in the enchanting world they find themselves residing in

for those few precious minutes."

PictureBooksBlogger.wordpress.com

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"‘The Building Boy’ is a picture book with such emotional depth and stunning illustrations that it literally made my heart sing. Ross Montgomery has crafted a beautiful bittersweet story accompanied by David Litchfield’s exquisite spreads bursting with warmth and emotion.

Together they have created a masterpiece of a picture book

which deserves to be treasured and shared."

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