Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2013
Hardcover, 48 pages
ISBN: 978-0-3743-8023-6
Suggested reading age: 4+
Reviewed by: Indrani Perera
Rating: *****
Ever since I was 17, I have wanted to buy a rural block of land and build my own house, just like the family in this book. Based on a true story, Building Our House tells the story of how the author's parents bought a block of land in the country and lived in a caravan while they built their house by hand. Collecting rocks from a neighbour's yard, mixing concrete and cutting timber with hand tools, it took them five years. The author says "...it's hard for me to think of a better place to have grown up." And I have to agree.
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