A family helps build their new house.

"After being cleared of his wife's murder, Todd Norman returns to her small Connecticut hometown in order to finish building their dream house by the lake. He is eager to restart his life and cast aside any remaining suspicious...but all of that is dashed when a young woman's body washes up on the beach next door... When Tracy Somerset, divorced mother from the small town of Covenant, CT, meets a handsome stranger in a midnight Wal-Mart, she has...

A machine digs a big hole. A cement mixer pours cement. Carpenters put up walls. Bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, and painters do their part. Through brilliantly simple words and pictures we follow each step, and before our eyes a house is built.

It's 1983 and Jonathan and Judith Souweine are ready to build their forever home on a four-acre lot just outside of Amherst, Massachusetts. A lawyer and a psychologist, neither has much experience with the process. In this New York Times bestseller, Tracy Kidder leads readers through the grand adventure of building the American dream. In his portrayal, constructing a staircase or applying a coat of paint becomes a riveting tale of conflicting wills,...

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.

This twelve-book series from Clara House, a division of The Oliver Press, offers young readers a ticket for a private tour of some of America's most exciting places-where people and machines work together to produce the items and services we use every day. Detailed, full-color photographs and clear, engaging text guide children step by step through fascinating processes. From how one company cooks up delicious candy bars to how the post office delivers...

After a woman begins to lose her memory, her husband attempts to build a more suitable house for the two of them despite pressures from the local government.

Tzippy Canary and Yona Dove work hard at building their houses... but on judging day they learn an important lesson in the proper way to keep their house.. This adorable book will teach children the importance of cleanliness...