implements, utensils, etc

As Taylor helps his mother clean the house, he describes their various tools, such as a sponge or a vacuum cleaner, and how each is used.

Labeled illustrations present various kinds of tools and implements used in the kitchen, in the garden, in art class, at the office, and in other settings.

Alphabetically arranged entries for some two hundred objects from eighteenth and nineteenth century United States with the author/artist's own illustrative sketches. Includes an epilogue on the alphabet in early America.

Jack finds himself in some sticky situations that are caused by a mysterious gizmo that complicates Jack's life.

Stephen, pressured into stealing something by a bully, snatches a strange gizmo that causes him to switch clothes with whoever he happens to be looking at when the beeper goes off--a situation that leads to some interesting situations.

Photographs and simple text introduce different devices used by people around the world to make our lives and work easier.

Pencil sketches accompany descriptions of early American objects from the almanack and johnny-cake to the niddy noddy and zig-zag fence. Briefly discusses the use of the alphabet in early America.

Spork, a misfit in the cutlery drawer, finds his combination of spoon and fork is just right for a very messy creature that has arrived in the kitchen.