Moving Heavy Things

Jan Adkins

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

Open Court Reading: Machines in Our Garden

Children's Books

Education & Reference

Interesting and useful facts about wood.

The Wood Book

Little Brown & Co (Pap)

An illustrated primer of stringology teaches readers everything they would ever need to know about the uses of string, from hoisting a bucket and sewing a button to lassoing a steer and skydiving.

String: Tying It Up, Tying It Down

Literature & Fiction

Atheneum

How a house happens

Text and illustrations describe the step-by-step planning and construction of a house.

How a House Happens

Walker&Company

Traces the history of letters and examines the evolution of different styles of calligraphy and printing.

Letterbox: The Art & History of Letters

Arts & Photography

Other Media

Walker Co

A look at some common garden, home and workplace tools and machines and how they work, described and illustrated for young readers.

Machines in Our Garden: A "Collections for Young Scholars" Book

Open Court Pub. Co

Some of the best contemporary scribes of the natural world--as well as many prestigious writers from days gone by--inform our senses and challenge us to look beneath the surfaces of stream, mountain, forest, and desert for deeper meanings. Sturdily designed for outdoor travel. Illustrated.

The Ragged Mountain Portable Wilderness Anthology

Science & Math

Mathematics

Intl Marine Pub Co

The Art and Ingenuity of the Woodstove

Everest House

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