dwellings

An accident sends Mouse in search of a new home at Christmas time and she finds what seems to be the perfect one inside of a much larger house, but she meets a new friend with a better idea.

Eleven-year-old Olive finds herself drawn to the grimoire of the witches who built her house and tries to use its spells to uncover the house's magic and control the cats themselves, but the book is more wicked than it seems.

Presents ideas and instructions for converting basements and attics into usable living space, explaining how to evaluate the space; covering framing, wiring, plumbing, heating and cooling, wall and ceiling finishing, and door and window installation; and including plans for a wet bar, fireplace, shelves, and light boxes.

Text and illustrations depict the different types of houses lived in by children all over the world. On each page "This is my house" will appear in the appropriate native language.

A colorful, illustrated dictionary of a pioneer community that shows different kinds of homes, early transportation, craftspeople and their tools, clothing styles, and farm life.

Photographs and simple text depict the various types of homes people live in around the world, including yurts, skyscrapers, igloos, treehouses, tongkonans, and more.

Casey Slater thinks she is going to be bored to death when, in the summer before seventh-grade, her parents drag her off to a remote country town where they are going to restore a creepy old house, but things get exciting, and scary, when it starts to look like the house is haunted.

A young boy's description of where he lives provides a simple introduction to geography.

Simple text and colorful illustrations describe homes found in various places around the world, including China, Africa, Madagascar, the North Pole, and others.