Make a street, make a street, workers in a row. Make me a street for things that go. From the rocks to the sand to the sticky asphalt, lively read-aloud verse chronicles the step-by-step process by which a new street is created, with a warm, lyrical approach that’s perfect for preschoolers. Detailed, threedimensional art uses actual road-building materials such as sand and gravel to give the whole book an incredible, tactile quality, and an adorable road crew is on the job to pave the way for construction fun. An author’s note includes additional details about road building and asphalt paving. PreSchool-Grade 1–In rhyming text that runs along the bottom of the pages, this energetic read-aloud describes the step-by-step process of building an asphalt street. Three-dimensional, colorful clay characters bring magic to each scene. From the construction crew to the realistic heavy equipment, from the rocky start to the placement of the street sign, the art shows each element of the job. Back matter includes further information about asphalt. Readers will enjoy picking up on the minute details of each spread again and again. –Cassandra A. Lopez, Northfield Elementary School, Ellicott City, MD Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Rita Gray is the author of The Wild Little Horse, illustrated by Ashley Wolff. She lives in New York City. Mary Bono lives in New Jersey.