Metal Man

Charlesbridge Books

Illustrated by Paul Hoppe

It’s summertime in the city. The sun’s cookin’ up the street, and Devon’s burnin’ to get out of the house to see the metal man. Most days Devon’s content just to watch the sparks fly as the metal man welds his sculptures.

But today’s different…today Devon’s got a creative spark and is all fired up to make a sculpture of his own.

“Reynolds works the picture-book format with…mastery”

— Bulletin for the center for children’s books

“Wonderful…”

— School Library Journal

“(Hoppe) makes terrific use of perspective and pairs extremely well with the hip-hop lilt of Reynolds’ language.”

— Booklist

“(An) unabashed celebration of the joys of summer, family, and creating artworks through metal welding.”

— Midwest Book Review