house construction

Decribes what types of houses are built in different climate areas.

A young girl narrates her family's move from the city to the country, where they have bought a piece of land and live in a trailer while they build a house from the ground up, with help from relatives and friends.

Presents an episode between volumes four and five of The Princess Diaries in which Mia, a New York City teen who is becoming accustomed to being heir to the small European principality of Genovia, sets off with her friends from school to build homes for the less fortunate.

Simple text and photographs present the construction of a house, including information on the workers and equipment needed.

Caitlin and her father, an architect, plan and build a house for Lulu the dog. Includes suggestions for drawing a floor plan and making a model house.

Introduces young readers to a builder--and his family--and follows him onto a construction site where he helps to build a house.

Brief text and illustrations describe the steps in building a house.

Just graduated from high school and in the midst of deciding her future, eighteen-year-old Miranda joins her older brother in Virginia, where he is doing volunteer work building houses for the disadvantaged.

Step-by-step instructions and illustrations explain how to build a home, including detailed information on both exterior and interior features.

Follows the step-by-step process of building a house, from blueprints and surveying to the wiring and painting of the finished building.