Whose Tools Are These?: A Look at Tools Workers Use - Big, Sharp, and Smooth

by Sharon Katz Cooper, Amy Bailey Muehlenhardt (Illustrator)

Describes some of the different kinds of tools that workers use.

Genres: Picture Books, Nonfiction, Childrens, Juvenile

Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Anne McKernan]

Just ok. Descriptions too long for little kids, drawings too obscure.

[Leticia]

I was not a big fan of this at all. For my 3yo the pictures were really confusing. I think the illustrator tried to be artistic with some of the who's tool pages, zooming in really close to the tool so that you could barely tell what it was, which made it pointless once we got to the page with the person. I was looking for community helper books but this didn't really fit the bill.

[Samantha]

Love these kinds of books, even if some of them are a little confusing.

[Bradley]

Read as part of my classroom lessons. I'm trying to get my book count up too!

[Maliha Arman]

This is a good book to include in dramatic play when speaking about community helpers. The children will learn that tools come in different sizes and textures. I think the pictures could have been better but overall this book is educational and age appropriate for Pre-K; older children may lose interest quickly in this book.

[CRC Washburn]

This is a great book to work with pre-k to k and play a game about 'community workers'. This book goes beyond the ordinary books about community workers that are point-and-tell 'this is a nurse, this is a doctor, this is a fireman, etc. It introduces the children to the tools used by community workers. This book's perspective is fresh and engaging. This book goes great with "Whose Coat is This?"

[Erin]

I like the concept of this book but not the execution. Some of the illustrations are so simple, you can't exactly tell what they are to begin with--let alone which profession uses the tools in the pictures. Also, some of the tools could be used for several different professions. I'm not a fan of this book.

[Tracy Schillemore]

This book shows tools used by various professional and the reader has to guess which profession uses the tool. For example, a stethoscope is used by a doctor.