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Author
Series
Monkey with a tool belt series volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Clever monkey Chico Bon Bon builds lots of things with his many tools, and when he is captured by an organ grinder, he uses them to help him escape and get back home.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Caught in a storm, Arnold the elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes Mouse in a little dingy and Arnold steps aboard...uh-oh! They use the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here's Dog, can this boat take Arnold's weight? Uh-oh! None of the animals can save the shipwrecked elephant but each broken vessel provides new materials for another intricate construction. Wheels and pulleys create a Ferris wheel, an elevator, a waffle maker....
5) Hoot
Author
Language
English
Description
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
8) Job site
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The bulldozer, the excavator, the loader, and other heavy machinery all have important tasks to accomplish at the job site: digging, lifting, carrying, dumping, moving, shaping.
15) Palazzo Inverso
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A young apprentice to a master builder does some mischief that causes a palace to be built upside-down, which creates all sorts of trouble--and fun. Inspired by the work of M.C. Escher and intended to be read front-to-back, then turned over and read back-to-front.
18) Smashy town
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"With a turn of his crane and a swing of his wrecking ball, Mr. Gilly knocks down the old buildings. He smashes through brick and wood. He crashes through stone and glass. Then, with a push from his bulldozer, Mr. Gilly cleans it all up to make room for something brand-new!" -- Amazon.
19) All by himself?
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Illustrates that we are all connected and that no one goes through life--or builds anything--all by themselves.
20) House mouse
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A clever and resourceful mouse, looking for a safe place to settle down, builds different shelters and learns that home is wherever you make it.