The LEGO Build-It Book, Vol. 2

Author: Nathanael Kuipers
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1593275463
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
With just one collection of LEGO bricks, you can build any of these 10 models—from the simple Hot Rod to the mighty Excavator. Tips and tricks will inspire you to create your own amazing models. Whether you’re new to the LEGO Build-It Book series or ready for a new challenge, you’re in for hours of fun! –Hot Rod –Forklift –Wrecker –Roadster –Gran Turismo –Dune Buggy –Chopper –Big Rig –F1 Racer –Excavator

Build It! Volume 1

Author: Jennifer Kemmeter
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513260383
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 89

Book Description
With simple, step-by-step directions and a visually rich design, this unique series of instruction books for LEGO® creations helps young children learn and have fun simultaneously. The Build It! series of visually rich instruction books for LEGO® models is perfect for children ages 5 and up. Inside Volume 1 you'll find a range of creative models to put together--from animals to airplanes, street scenes to seascapes and much more, created using the LEGO® Classic set 10693, or bricks you already have at home. Each book in this interactive series contains 3-5 projects featuring a diverse range of models. Full color diagrams guide you through the process, enhancing the fun. Build hours of family fun with the Build It! instruction book series.

Tree Houses You Can Actually Build

Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395892732
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Provides information on tools, ropes, knots, ladders, and other equipment and supplies needed for building a tree house, and offers five basic designs that can be built.

Kids' Furniture You Can Build

Author: David R. Stiles
Publisher: Chapters Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781881527497
Category : Children's furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
Children's furniture can be fun, functional, and affordable if you build it yourself. Featuring more than a dozen projects that can be put together from easily obtained materials and common tools, with clear diagrams and color photographs that illustrate every step of the way, many of these projects can be completed in a weekend or less by anyone by basic carpentry skills. The kids can even be involved with some aspects of construction. Projects include a crib, a room divider, a storage chair, a computer center, an art desk, a portable toy storage wagon, a lightweight footstool, and a portable folding table.

Treehouses and Other Cool Stuff

Author: David Stiles
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781423614050
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Provides instructions and plans for fifty projects for parents and children to build together, including a swinging treehouse, a model sailboat, and a totem pole.

If Your Build It...

Author: Dwier Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996057103
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
A funny and moving memoir from the actor who played Kevin Costner's father for five minutes at the end of the movie Field of Dreams.

Books That Build Character

Author: William Kilpatrick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671884239
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
William Kilpatrick's recent book Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong convinced thousands that reading is one of the most effective ways to combat moral illiteracy and build a child's character. This follow-up book--featuring evaluations of more than 300 books for children--will help parents and teachers put his key ideas into practice.

What We'll Build

Author: Oliver Jeffers
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593206770
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25

Book Description
An instant New York Times bestseller! From Oliver Jeffers, world-renowned picture book creator and illustrator of The Crayons' Christmas, comes a gorgeously told father-daughter story and companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Here We Are! What shall we build, you and I? Let's gather all our tools for a start. For putting together . . . and taking apart. A father and daughter set about laying the foundations for their life together. Using their own special tools, they get to work, building memories to cherish, a home to keep them safe, and love to keep them warm. A rare and enduring story about a parent's boundless love, life's endless opportunities, and all we need to build a together future. The perfect baby shower gift or gift for new parents! Praise for What We'll Build: "[Has] the offbeat, sweet style Jeffers' fans know and love." --Kirkus Reviews "An intensely personal statement of intergenerational fellowship and an obvious pick for library shelves best explored at home." --School Library Journal "Children will love his playbook for building a future of love and imagination, and they will delight in the special relationship the father and daughter share." --Booklist "Stroked in generous swaths of warm color and Jeffers's signature childlike scribbles . . . .. Jeffers's benediction portrays a parent who surrounds his child with love and steadies her as she learns how to bring her dreams to fruition." --Publishers Weekly

If You Build It, They Will Learn

Author: Bruce Yeany
Publisher: NSTA Press
ISBN: 0873552679
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
Step-by-step instructions for assembling items such as a jelly jar lightbulb or solar motor and also suggestions for their use in classroom instruction.

Jay Shafer's DIY Book of Backyard Sheds & Tiny Houses

Author: Jay Shafer
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607651238
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
From the bestselling author of The Small House Book, comes a collection of designs for tiny homes with “instant curb appeal.” (The New York Times) From internationally recognized small living expert Jay Shafer, who has been featured on CNN, Oprah, Fine Homebuilding, and This Old House, a revised edition of his bestselling book, Tumbleweed DIY Book of Backyard Sheds and Tiny Houses. Ranging in size from 100 to 120 square feet, these tiny backyard buildings can be used as guest cottages, art or writing studios, home offices, craft workshops, vacation retreats, or full-time residences. This book is filled with photos, elevation drawings, and door/window schedules for constructing six of the handsome little buildings, plus an extensive how-to set of instructions that can be applied to any backyard building project. This revised edition contains many new photos of buildings designed by Jay Shafer. Praise for Jay Shafer and Tumbleweed Tiny Houses: "... guru of the small house movement." —John Blackstone, CBS "Move-in ready gems." —Better Homes and Gardens “Astounding." —Oprah Winfrey "A visionary designer ..." —Domino Magazine "100 square feet of bliss." —Thelma Guiterrez, CNN