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BOOK 09 · MY MUMMY, MY DADDY

My Daddy is a Civil Engineer

You built the bridge she crosses every day. She has no idea.

This book turns it into something she can see from the car window on the way to nursery.

When she asks her daddy what a civil engineer does, he unrolls a big sheet of blue lines — and then takes her to see it standing up. A bridge out of two books and a ruler, a yellow digger, a tall crane, a tunnel that goes right through a mountain, and the pipes that bring clean water to the tap. A warm, calm read-aloud about building things that keep people safe, paced for bedtime.

Inside this book
  • A bridge built from two books and a ruler, tested by Teddy
  • The building site: digger, crane, dump truck, cement mixer
  • Lea builds the tallest, wobbliest bridge in the living room
  • The playground daddy helped design, finished at last
  • Twelve full-page illustrations, created with AI assistance
  • Two colouring pages and four activity pages at the back
  • Book 9 in the My Mummy, My Daddy series about the jobs parents do
A thoughtful gift for an engineer parent, for Father's Day, or for the child who asks who built things.

Inside the book

SIX SPREADS FROM THE FINISHED BOOK

Lea loved asking questions. One sunny morning, as her daddy was getting ready for work, she tugged on his shirt...
To show her, Daddy built a little bridge out of two books and a ruler, and walked Teddy safely across it. "A bridge has...
Big machines rumbled all around them. A yellow digger scooped up earth, and a tall crane lifted heavy beams high into...
"We build long, smooth roads for cars to drive on," Daddy added, pointing to fresh tarmac, "and tunnels that go right...
That afternoon, Lea was busy at home. With her colourful blocks she built the tallest, wobbliest, most wonderful bridge...
Later, Daddy ran Lea's bath. She turned the tap herself, and the water came thundering in. "Engineers make sure...

Colouring pages from this book

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