Flowers, Luke
Summary: Told in rhyme, Moby Shinobi tries to help out the construction workers building a house, but as usual his ninja skills just create chaos--until he saves a puppy that has gotten stuck in wet concrete.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Summary: "The three pig sisters begin building their home, cautiously avoiding the wolf. When two sisters eat sleeping berries and fall victim to the wolf, the sisters work together to teach the wolf a lesson. Realizing the wolf is just old and hungry, the sisters and wolf work to make a farm and together grow fruits and vegetables"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2015
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Summary: Young fans are invited to help Maisy with a busy construction project in a chunky board book that incorporates interactive features, from a turn-wheel to sliders, that mimic the work of a dump truck, cement mixer, and other building vehicles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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Summary: At the heart of the story lies a test of wills between an amtibious young banker, Doug Fanning, and a retired history teacher, Charlotte Graves, who has suddenly begun to hear her two dogs speaking to her in the voices of Cotton Mather and Malcolm X. When Doug builds an ostentatious mansion on land that Charlotte's grandfather donated to the town of Finden, Massachusetts, she determines to oust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HASButler, Nickolas
Summary: "In this riveting new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Shotgun Lovesongs, three troubled construction workers get entangled in a dangerous plan to finish building a home against an impossible deadline"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUTBean, Jonathan
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE BEASuen, Anastasia.
Summary: A family helps build their new house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Suen 2003Moore, Inga.
Summary: Two Little Pigs whose small homes in the woods have been accidentally destroyed by Bear and Moose decide to build a house they can all share, and with the help of Beaver Builders they soon have a fine new home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2011
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Summary: Robby, a young boy, moves into a new house and watches an old house being torn down and a new apartment building going up in its place.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Children's Books 2006
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green Herman 2006Suen, Anastasia.
Summary: A family helps build their new house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SUEGiddens, Rhiannon
Summary: "Grammy Award winner Rhiannon Giddens celebrates Black history and culture in her unflinching, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated picture book debut. As an acclaimed musician, singer, songwriter, and cofounder of the traditional African American string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rhiannon Giddens has long used her art to mine America's musical past and manifest its future,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GIDChing, Francis D. K.
Summary: "For over four decades, Building Construction Illustrated has been the leading illustrated guide to the principles of building construction. With rich illustrations and in-depth content, this book offers students and practicing professionals the information needed to understand concepts in residential and commercial construction, architecture, and engineering. This edition has been revised...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The first season of this series examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design. The first program, The green apple, uses New York City, particularly One Bryant Park and the Solaire, to demonstrates how the ubiquitous skyscraper can be a model of environmental responsibility. The second episode, Green for all, features architect and activist Sergio Palleroni...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2006
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Summary: Tired trucks and construction machines get ready for bed after a long day at a building site.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2017