design and construction

Text and photographs present tepees, their construction, and their interaction with the environment.

Rhyming text and illustrations show how a road is made, from planning to moving dirt, laying asphalt, putting up signs, and landscaping.

Introduces the reader to the machinery that is used in making roads, from the backhoe loader to the pavers and chippers.

Discusses the Roman Colosseum including why it was built, who built it, how it was constructed, how it has been used, its closure and deterioration, and its repair and restoration.

Describes how and why the great cathedrals were built during the Middle Ages.

Describes the construction of the three great pyramids on the Giza Plateau near the edge of Egypt's Western Desert.

Text and contemporary illustrations describe the seemingly impossible feat of building a bridge over the East River during the nineteenth century.

Massive stone monuments that date back more than four thousand years stand alongside the Nile near modern-day Cairo, Egypt. The pyramids on the Giza Plateau are some of the oldest and largest man-made structures on Earth, and they have mystified humanity for millennia.