dwellings

Explains why people need homes, what types of homes are built around the world in different climates, and what types of building materials are used.

In 1927, Emily describes the ordering, arrival, and assembly of a mail-order house for her growing family.

Describes the individual rooms in a house and what they mean to those who use them.

A frog searches for a hole for himself, but all seem to be occupied until the last one, which is just right.

Simple text and illustrations teach children how to keep safe in the home when using electricity, handling hot things, or taking medicine.

When Xander travels through the portals in the King's strange house to visit Uncle Jesse as a boy, he learns that David has died and determines to do whatever it takes, and visit as many worlds as necessary, to change the future.

David King and his brother, Xander, at the urging of their uncle on his deathbed, journey through time in search of their abducted mother and on a mission to change the course of events which will lead to a bleak future.

Twelve-year-old David and his family search for their kidnapped mother in the many different time period portals of their home, but when a stranger appears and tries to force them to sell the house, their desperation reaches new heights.

When fifteen-year-old Xander and his family move into an old, abandoned house in the middle of a dense forest outside of a small California town, they discover that not only are some of the rooms portals into other places, but that malevolent forces are at work.

With their mother still missing after going through a Civil War time portal in their spooky house, and their father in jail under a false accusation, Xander, David, and their younger sister continue to try to bring their mother back, now with the help of an old relative who has turned up unexpectedly.