Construction Countdown

Ten mighty dump trucks rolling down the road.

Nine earthmovers scraping up

a load . . .

Count down from ten to one with the busy

construction trucks!

Something wonderful is going on, and every kind of truck has an important job. But what are all those bulldozers and backhoes doing? This bright and lively counting book will delight young construction fans everywhere. Construction Countdown is a 2005 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Introduces numbers and subtraction as the reader counts construction equipment from ten to one.

Ten mighty dump trucks rolling down the road.

Nine earthmovers scraping up

a load . . .

Count down from ten to one with the busy

construction trucks!

Something wonderful is going on, and every kind of truck has an important job. But what are all those bulldozers and backhoes doing? This bright and lively counting book will delight young construction fans everywhere.

Publishers Weekly

Construction Countdown by K.C. Olson, illus. by David Gordon, is the author's first book, a rhymed counting book that looks at construction vehicles hard at work, beginning with 10 and working down to one clever, surprising twist: "Two skid loaders, with lots of loads to haul/ and one gigantic sandbox with room to drive them all!" Gordon's fantastic, digitally created illustrations imbue the scenes with gritty and dramatic realism. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

K. C. Olson is a children's librarian in the Midwest. The inspiration for this book came from her son, who taught her everything she knows about construction equipment and whose sandbox, unfortunately, isn't nearly large enough. This is Ms. Olson's first book.

David Gordon has done conceptual work for the Pixar/Disney blockbusters Toy Story, Toy Story II, and A Bug's Life. He has also illustrated a book and done work for numerous magazines. An avid fan of all kinds of trucks, he lives in New York.