Description

"I Dream of Being a Concrete Mixer" is a clever narrative that delves into questions of destruction and rebuilding through the story of Haddam, who hopes to become a cement mixer. Between wishes and reality, stories, paradoxes and transformations, this book has many twists and turns. Haddam is a little demolition truck growing up in a loving family. His parents go to work every day demolishing buildings with their big wrecking balls but soft-hearted Haddam does not like to destroy. He dreams of being a cement mixer. He would rather build things up instead of breaking them down. After troubles and adventures, he finds he can use his wrecking ball to smooth out cement on the ground. "I Dream of Being a Concrete Mixer" is an uplifting story about the power of friendship, about funding your place in the world and about realizing your dream while remaining true to who you are.