building

Explores the top twenty-seven careers in construction in terms of the nature of the work, educational or training requirements, getting started, advancement possibilities, salary, employment outlook, and sources of more information.

Text and illustrations describe the step-by-step planning and construction of a house.

Step-by-step instructions for building six different children's playhouses: a tree house, a wood frame house, a junkyard house, a post and beam house, a factory-built house, and a glass house.

The traditional nursery rhyme and a humorous story about Jack, who starts to build a do-it-yourself house, are presented on opposite pages.

Briefly describes what goes on at a construction site and some of the equipment used there.

Discusses the construction of a skyscraper and depicts some famous ones.

A female Old MacDonald builds a farm in her workshop.

Introduces the work of artisans responsible for the buildings, statues, and carvings of ancient Greece; describes the lifestyles of the people; and indicates the importance of traders and trading.