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Brick by Brick Hardcover – Illustrated, May 5, 2020

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Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award!

A striking debut celebrating the warm bond between a little boy and his dad as they work hard to achieve their dreams

Papi is a bricklayer, and he works hard every day to help build the city, brick by brick. His son, Luis, works hard too--in school, book by book. Papi climbs scaffolds, makes mortar, and shovels sand. Luis climbs on the playground and molds clay into tiny bricks to make buildings, just like Papi. Together, they dream big about their future as they work to make those dreams come true. And then one Saturday, Papi surprises Luis with something special he's built for their family, brick by brick.
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* “Papi is a bricklayer, building a city, brick by brick, while his proud son Luis builds too, book by book. Juxtaposed in side-by-side pages, Luis shows how he can climb at recess to touch the sky, just as Papi climbs the scaffold. . . . Spanish words both in the text and cleverly inserted into the backgrounds convey the family's Latinx culture, as do Luis and his father's lunches of empanadas and horchata. Illustrations done in warm tones use photographs, digital painting, and collage to show the close relationship between father and son as they work and play together to build happiness. Adults and children alike will appreciate the exquisite details and clever mirroring in the story, and celebrate the characters' joyful work ethic and fulfilment of their dreams.”—Booklist, starred review

“Young Luis cherishes and admires his strong papi, who is a bricklayer. . . . Mirrorlike images show both brown-skinned father and son with similar lunchboxes, both eating Mama’s special empanadas. . . . [Sheffield] excels with boisterously textured, mixed-media illustrations, many incorporating photographs, digital painting, and collage, capturing vibrant colors. Told in the first person, with minor Spanish interspersed and occasional sound effects printed in all-caps, the written text will engage the youngest readers. . . . Lovely and heartfelt.”—
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“Luis, a Spanish-speaking boy, admires the work his father does and lists the ways the two are alike. . . . The writing is sprinkled with plenty of onomatopoeia and sensory words. . . . Crisp-edged collages by Sheffield (Are Your Stars Like My Stars?) are composed partly of photographed bricks—a note explains that even Papi and Luis are made up of areas of brick images. Sheffield underscores the way children model themselves on the important adults in their lives in this loving, familial portrait of a strong father whose labor is honored.”—Publishers Weekly

“The text is lively and peppered with Spanish words and phrases. This story has a pleasant father/son relationship, and the pictures and explanations of bricklaying will likely interest children.”—School Library Journal


"Luis couldn’t be more proud of his bricklayer father, who “helps build the city, brick by brick”—skillful, patient, unafraid of heights. He cooks a great breakfast on Saturdays, too. . . . Richly illustrated with paint and collage, incorporating snippets of brick photographs that feature in both the cityscapes and Luis’s cozy new abode. Parallel scenes of Luis’ school day and Papi’s work day subtly mark the passage of time. . . . This could make a fine companion piece to Tate’s
Home Base: A Mother-Daughter Story ."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

About the Author

Heidi Woodward Sheffield (heidibooks.com) has received numerous awards from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for her illustrations, and she received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award for Brick by Brick, her first picture book. On any given day, she can be seen taking photographs of textures that inspire her stories and collages. She especially drawn to old brick buildings, and likes daydreaming about the strong hands that built them and the people who lived there. She lives in Northville, Michigan.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nancy Paulsen Books; Illustrated edition (May 5, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0525517308
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0525517306
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD490L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 2
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.38 x 0.37 x 10.81 inches
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
    Simple but powerful story. Great illustrations
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2020
    My 3 year old and I love reading this book together.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2020
    Brick by Brick gets the house built. This story takes a look at a young Hispanic family working hard, day by day, at their jobs...Dad is a bricklayer. The little child's job is to learn hard at school. Mama makes a nice home. As the story begins they are in the city living in tall apartments. But in time, daddy has a surprise. Hints are strong. Just look at the illustrations as they drive a distance. The little boy opens his eyes to a big surprise as daddy says when! The illustrations are done with great care using collage and special materials special to the author/illustrator. The skintones come from real brick colors. This is an excellent book to show children how hard work pays off!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
    On the Kindle Fire, this picture book can be viewed in full screeen landscape mode but on my iPhone I am unable to get it to get into the horizontal orientation. Think a YouTube video shot in portrait mode: big black bars above and below with the actual page just a small image between them. Other picture books work OK (some are not completely full screen and some have tiny print). It might be user error but I don't see any option for font (Aa) or orientation lock within the app.

    Cute bi-lingual story that prompted imitative play from our toddler.