Kit Builds Something: Hands, Tape, and Cardboard (Book 6)

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Book 6 of Kit's Little Sparks, hands-on board books for ages 2 to 4 by patent attorney, engineer, preschool co-founder, and dad Chris Kuczynski. Phase 2 Making: building real things from a drawing.

Read the complete guide to all 20 books in the series: STEM Books for Toddlers

You have a drawing. Now what? You build it.

Kit is ready to turn a squiggly sketch into something real. Sparks introduces Bolt, a lovable, clunky little robot made of tin cans, bottle caps, and blinky lights who lives in the garage and loves one thing above all else: tape.

Bolt hands Kit cardboard. Bolt hands Kit tape. Bolt hands Kit more tape. Kit stacks, folds, tapes, and stacks some more. The result is wobbly. It is lumpy. Tape is showing everywhere. But then Kit holds it up and something shifts. "I MADE THIS!" Bolt does a happy spin and accidentally knocks over a cup. Sparks says the line that defines this book: "It is not perfect. It is REAL. That is even better."

This is the heart of the Making phase (Books 5 through 8). The first four books built observation, awareness, puzzle spotting, and empathy. Book 5 taught Kit to draw ideas. Now Book 6 teaches the most important lesson in all of inventing: making something real with your own hands, even when it is messy, even when it is imperfect.

What is inside:

• 24 pages of story, activities, and play

• Full color watercolor illustrations

• The Inventor's Playbook: one Activity Page and six Play-Together Games with spot illustrations

• A note for parents and educators

• QR code linking to read aloud video and printable resources

About the series:
Kit's Little Sparks is a 20 book curriculum that builds the emotional and behavioral skills children need to become creative thinkers and problem solvers. Written by Chris Kuczynski, an engineer turned patent attorney, preschool co-founder, and dad.

Details:

• Ages: 2+

• Format:
  Board book, 7 x 7 inches
  Hardcover, 8 x 8 inches
  Paperback, 8 x 8 inches

• Pages: 24

• ISBN 978-1-968470-11-1 (board book)
  ISBN 978-1-968470-44-9 (hardcover)
  ISBN 978-1-968470-85-2 (paperback)
  ISBN 978-1-968470-12-8 (EPUB)
  ISBN 978-1-968470-63-0 (Kindle)