Here are some great children's books about construction in America:

Learn about our country's most famous buildings, how they were built, who designed them, and what makes them unique.

This is a fictional story about a young boy who watches the Empire State Building being constructed brick-by-brick near his neighborhood in Manhattan.
Low, William. Old Penn Station. New York: H. Holt, 2007. Print.
The old Penn Station building was much more attractive than its modern replacement. I'm sad that I never got to the see the original which was demolished in 1963.

The old Penn Station building was much more attractive than its modern replacement. I'm sad that I never got to the see the original which was demolished in 1963.