Text and black and white illustrations show how the Romans planned and constructed their cities for the people who lived within them.

With simple text and color photographs, learn what is fun about building.

Escape to a deserted island and create your own paradise as you explore, create, and customize in the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game. Your island getaway has a wealth of natural resources that can be used to craft everything from tools to creature comforts. You can hunt down insects at the crack of dawn, decorate your paradise throughout the day, or enjoy sunset on the beach while fishing in the ocean. The time of day and season match real life,...

Renata and her father halt work on their new bathroom when a pair of wrens builds a nest over the bathtub, allowing Renata to see their chicks hatch and begin to fly.

In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where "Three Cups of Tea" left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding...

Throughout history, people have built incredible structures around the world. Discover how engineers put their skills and knowledge to the test to create these amazing feats of engineering.

Filmed in the spring of 2011 at the 4th Columbia conference on materials in architecture and engineering. Plastics have become the most ubiquitous and increasingly permanent materials in construction. The material capabilities of plastics both as a generic material nomenclature and as specific polymers and the processes that underlie them suggest a potential to reshape design and the roles of architects and engineers in construction. While plastics...

"Construction has never been cuter than in this graphic novel for very young readers! Marmalade and her crew of construction kittens are in high demand. Their latest assignment (and biggest job yet) is to build the new Mewburg bridge. But with the bridge comes the one thing that cats hate most of all--water!"--Provided by publisher.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces construction workers to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Publisher.

"Jasper the fox and Ollie the sloth have a fort-building contest in their yard"--Publisher.