Books about Legos

Greetings!

If your students are like ours, they love Legos. Many of our schools have Lego Clubs that meet after school and some of them prepare for the Lego Robotics weekend that is held at WWU.
I want to let you know about some of the Lego books that we have here. I often buy double copies of some of the books because they are used so much and checked out so often.

Short Version: Go to Amazon.com and do a search for “Legos” in Books. You will find a wonderful list of books to choose from. Many of them have the “Look Inside” feature which really helps to know what level it is.

Long Version: Here is a list of books to choose from. The students will love them.
1. Lego Architecture by Philip Wilkinson. $40.00 This is a stunning book filled with well-known buildings such as The White House, Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, The Eiffel tower, Trevi Fountain, The Space Needle, and many more. Each building has information about the original building and then the Lego version of the building. One of our classrooms built many of the buildings and put them on display along with a quiz to see how many of them viewers could name.
2. The Lego Build-It Book Amazing Vehicles by Nathanael Kuipers and Mattia Zamboni. $19.95. If your students like cars and trucks, they will enjoy building an off-roader, a go-kart, a muscle car, a stroller, a pickup truck, a rescue truck, and more.
3. Totally Cool Creations by Sean Kenney. $19.99. This is actually three books in one – Cool Cars and Trucks, Cool Robots, and Cool City. The directions look like the ones that come with the Lego sets.
4. Cool Creations in 35 Pieces by Sean Kenney. $12.99. Each of the models can be built with just – you guessed it – 35 pieces. Not just 35 pieces, but the same 35 pieces will make the fourteen plus creations in this book. What a great challenge!
5. Extreme Bricks by Sarah Herman. $24.95. You probably have seen very large Lego creations such as the Space Needle built in Seattle, WA. It was completed in 2012 and took 15 years to complete. The Lego sculpture contains 55,000 Lego elements. That is just one of the record-breaking Lego projects from around the world found in this 236-page book.
6. The Lego Play Book by Daniel Lipkowitz. $24.99. This is a large hardbound book with loads of Lego creations and full color pictures. It is a great bargain for the price.
7. Getting Started with Lego Trains by Jacob H. McKee. $14.95. Kids who like trains and Legos find them both in this paperback book. Directions are similar to the ones that come with the Lego sets.

So, there you have it. Legos from the simple to the complex; a book for every Lego lover no matter his or her age.

Enjoy!
Audrey