design and construction

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Road

2010
Details the process by which a road is constructed, highlighting the many tools and pieces of construction equipment used. Includes full-color photographs.

How is a bicycle made?

2005
Uses several photographs to describe the materials and methods used in making a bicycle.

From here to there

2005
A new road is built so Farmer Dibble can drive his truck to town.

The Golden Gate Bridge

1995
Chronicles the building of the Golden Gate Bridge from the planning stages to its completion fourteen years later.

What's inside

toys
1991
Describes the inner workings of various toys, including the toy plane, doll, and teddy bear.

New car design

2010
Alternating pages of simple and more complex text facilitate parent and child reading in this book about what it takes to design a new car.

You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!

an enormous project that seemed impossible
2009
Cartoons and text combine to describe what it was like to work on the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

You wouldn't want to work on the Great Wall of China!

defenses you'd rather not build
2006
Humorous illustrations, captions, and sidebars describe the toil and suffering involved in building the Great Wall of China during the third century B.C.

Housing our feathered friends

1997
Provides information on the nests birds build and instructions for building several birdhouses at various levels of difficulty.

Bridges

2005
Simple text and color photos explore the design and construction of bridges, presenting famous examples around the world, such as Tower Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge.

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