The Romanian Builder (Bridges)

Product Description
Bridges: Multi-cultural books for a diverse world
Bridges is a new series of books for children celebrating Ireland’s ethnic and cultural diversity. Beautiful full-colour hardback books with high quality stories and engaging illustrations, Bridges can help children with their understanding of different cultures and of the many different experiences of living in Ireland today. With story levels that are accessible to a wide age range, Bridges can be enjoyed by children with a wide range of language proficiency and differing reading abilities.

Bridging sameness and difference
Bridging cultures
Building reading success

Reviews
‘a charming story ! The illustrations are bright and colourful’ — Books Ireland

‘well-written, entertaining and enlightening stories for children ! Distinctively illustrated by artists from the Cartoon Saloon’ — Books Ireland

‘a handsome collection of full-colour picture books’ — Books Ireland

‘particularly attractive ! For reading aloud in class’ — Inis Magazine

‘highly recommended’ — Inis Magazine

‘a timely series that will be invaluable both in the school and home environment ! These thought-provoking books will be of immense value to teachers, parents and of course children’ — Inis Magazine

‘Editor’s Choice’

‘attractive and important’ — Inis Magazine Winter 2009

‘innovative and exciting’ — RTE Guide

‘appropriate and timely’ — Irish Examiner

‘aimed at age six and upwards, this excellent and enjoyable non-preachy series ! Should be in every school’ — Irish Examiner

‘[Bridges] introduce us to some of the newer cultures in our island in warm and sympathetic fashion’ — Sunday Independent

‘an excellent and thought-provoking new series of multicultural books from O’Brien’ — Sunday Independent

‘captivating as well as educational’ — Woman’s Way Product Description

Joe had so many questions for the new builder: which tool was the most important; what if you were afraid of heights; and, how do you put scaffolding together. He is really disappointed when he finds out that Radu doesn’t speak any English. Now he will never find out about building – or will he? This is a story of understanding without words. A new series of books for modern, multi-cultural Ireland for children aged 6-8.