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Overview
Sean Kenney is back with original city creations of all sizes, colors, and features. Build a skyscraper, a brownstone, or how about a mini metropolis! Complete with select model instructions for more than six creations, insider tips, and landscape designs for new LEGO fans as well as diehard enthusiasts. And as a bonus—a sticker sheet to decorate your new city models.
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“Students will likely be fascinated with the details…” --School Library Journal
Children's Literature -
You have a lot of LEGO bricks, and you have already built the kits they came in, and you are looking for inspiration on what to build next. This book, by full-time professional Lego artist Sean Kenney, is an idea book for children and adults alike, especially those who have a hard time understanding that you can rip apart the spaceship you built following the directions and use the pieces to build something even more awesome. This book—along with Kenney's Cool Cars and Trucks and Cool Robots—gives ideas for building city scenes, with tips for making subway stations, rows of townhouses, a deli, and a four-story apartment building with a working elevator. The text is written in simple language that will be good for young children who are just starting out with LEGO bricks, or even the very young builders who are still at the Duplo stage. The suggested models range from about an eight-years-old's ability up. Includes a sheet of 50 city-themed stickers for attaching to bricks (e.g. one that looks like a Chinese restaurant's neon sign; street signs; subway signs). Reviewer: Sara LorimerSchool Library Journal
Gr 1–5—A professional LEGO® builder, Kenney has created an entire city complete with a model Chrysler Building. While the structures are detailed and impressive, the directions for re-creating them are limited, and there are no supply lists. Students will likely be fascinated with the details, but the text is simplistic and the number of LEGOs needed to create even one building is staggering. An extra purchase where the author's other books are popular or the LEGO fad is still in full swing.—Jasmine L. Precopio, Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh, PABook Details
Published
September 13, 2011
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Pages
32
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780805087628