The illustrations are full of bright, vivid colors and friendly personified tools. The text is full of rhythm and rhyme and more than one good message. The tools each start with a verse to introduce themselves, then they sing together about their excitement and joy over starting school. They’re all excited to get started at building time, but find that working on their own they’re not getting very far; when they cooperate, with each contributing his/her own specialty they have a lot more fun and success. Mistakes are still made, and they have to try, try again, but they discover that though sometimes it’s fun to work alone, some jobs take teamwork.