Book Nook: Beasts from Bricks and How to Build Brick Cars

My daughters both love Legos, so it was a pleasure to review two new titles from Quarto, Beasts from Bricks and How to Build Brick Cars. 

How to Build Brick Cars was admittedly more enjoyable for my hsuband than my daughters. Neither of them is really into cars, but they still enjoyed trying out some of the models. There was a wide variety: classic and contemporary sports cars, race cars, muscle cars. The builds were designed by Peter Blackert, one of the world’s foremost custom builders in the brick world as well as a real-life car designer for the Ford Motor Company, and the book also includes informative and historical text about each car with step-by-step instructions. This is actually really appropriate for the car lover in your life - whether that's an older kid or teen who is just getting into cars, or an adult who wants to feel like a kid again.

My children did enjoy Beasts from Bricks even more. My older daughter loves jungle animals, especially big cats, and also really likes ocean animals, and this book provides step-by-step instructions for fifteen different animals from all over the world. The instructions also include educational information about the animal and its habitats, and the book has a bonus gallery of some large-scale animal designs created by Ekow Nimako.

Lego bricks are a great way to build STEM skills while having fun at the same time. It's a great activity for the whole family as well. The hardest part is sorting out all the bricks from our pile, but the instructions were easy to follow and the girls love displaying their creations!