When I Build With Blocks Author:Niki Alling Step into the block area of a Pre-K classroom, through the eyes and imagination of a child. When I Build With Blocks, transports an everyday Pre-K classroom into various imaginative scenes - from outer space to the ocean. Any young child, who has ever built with blocks, can identify with this book. Each block structure included originated from i... more »deas in actual Pre-K classrooms. Although not exact replicas of the phenomenal block structures that 4, 5 and 6 year olds are capable of creating ? the author had every bit as much fun creating the illustrations, as the children did building their own structures! Colorful and written in rhyme. *Authors Note* When read to a Pre-K class, this book sparked a nice discussion of all the different things the kids can build with blocks and different materials in the classroom. After reading it to them, they went right to work in the block area to show me even more ideas that were not included in this book. They told me I need to write; When I Build With Blocks 2, to include them all! It was a very fun play time!« less