★Through onomatopoeia and vivid illustrations, this book authentically recreates the complete process of building a house from the foundation to completion, satisfying children’s curiosity about construction machinery and the mysteries of building.
★Uniquely appointing a 5-year-old child as a consultant, the book ensures content is reviewed from the target audience’s perspective, making it truly aligned with children’s ways of understanding and interests.
★Going beyond explaining machinery and construction, it skillfully integrates values of collaboration, safety, and respect, planting seeds of exploration and responsibility in young minds!

After reading this book, don’t rush to pick up a pickaxe and shovel to start renovating your own house. It’s a bit complicated! In this book, you’ll see how a house is built from scratch. However, building a house involves more than just the tasks introduced here.

It is difficult and requires patience, carefulness, planning, rules, wisdom, and ethics.

What are those large construction machines we encounter on our way to school, the park, or during walks used for? How are houses built? Who is involved in constructing the buildings we live in? This is the story of our home!

Now you can start turning the pages, but don’t forget to wear your hard hat and work boots. Safety first!

“Ready-mixed concrete is transported from the factory to the construction site via large mixer trucks. Workers pour it over the interwoven steel reinforcement grids, fully encasing the steel framework. During pouring, care is taken to remove all air bubbles.”

“They use a tool called a ‘trowel’ to smooth the plaster on the walls.”

“When digging the foundation, various sounds can be heard.
Some are rumble-rumble-rumble!
Some are clank-clank-clank!
And others are crackle-crackle-thump-thump-thump!”

“The excavator digs out the foundation and loads the soil onto trucks.”
“Trucks filled with soil transport it to designated municipal sites.”

“When laying the foundation, various sounds can be heard too.
A little ding-ding-ding!
Some clatter-clank-clash!
And a few pat-pat-pat!”

About the Authors
Recep Bilal Aras
Born in 1922 in Ashler. Studied civil engineering. Worked as a basketball coach, translated hobby-related books, wrote poetry, and served as a designer at a publishing house. He was also the editor-in-chief of a magazine. In 2018, he founded Rabia Akademi, and his first book was published in 2020. Now, while continuing these activities, he organizes training sessions at a publishing office and engages with children within creative and philosophical events. He also greatly enjoys cutting and pasting.

Other books by Recep Bilal Aras:
Wind Hunter (5+ years)
Red and White (5+ years)
The Best Book in the World (5+ years)
The Broken Tail (3+ years)
The Snap Dress (3+ years)

About the Illustrator
Şeyma Aydoğan
Born in 1999 in Muğla. As she grew up, she discovered her increasing passion for drawing. She started by coloring her hands, then the walls at home… and soon found herself immersed in the world of digital art. Besides drawing, her interests include photography and ceramics. She loves traveling and exploring new places, believing it adds different dimensions to her art. She continues to illustrate and animate for children’s books to this day.

About the Consultant
Hüseyin Aal Kaya
Born in 2020. He was 5 years old and in kindergarten when he served as a consultant for this book, and he loves pencils. He also enjoys coloring, reading books, and playing soccer. Orange is the first book he consulted on. Before the book was finalized, he carefully reviewed it and shared his thoughts with the editors and designers. He said he loved the idea of having a child consultant for children’s books, thought it was long overdue, and congratulated the team. As a reward, Elif took him to the playground. He asked us for a toy car and a backpack.