Storytime @ Home: Construction Zone

"Fans of cars and trucks books such as 'Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site' can count down from ten to one as they follow busy excavators during their working day"--

Necessity is the mother of invention and this is exactly what the Five Nice Mice learn in their new adventure. They search for a new place to live because the cats in their neighborhood make life too dangerous. What they find is a mountain of things that have been discarded. The city dump becomes a mountain of treasure and they find everything they need to build their dream house. But their dream almost comes to an end when a cat comes to their new...

Bob and the team have a job to do at the new space-themed restaurant: there may be an alien loose in Spring City.

When Amelia Bedelia babysits for the Hardy family, she becomes involved in some unexpected remodeling of their house.

As children watch, builders construct a roller coaster using tools and materials that begin with each letter of the alphabet.

"Digging machines fascinate many young children. Backhoes are extra-large machines that draw earth backward instead of lifting it forward like shovels or other digging machines do. They can be found at many work sites, building roads and digging the foundations for people's homes and other buildings, even skyscrapers. This book explores the different types of backhoes and how they've helped people do jobs for many years. Full-color photographs of...

"Suzy and Max are building a playground! With the help of Miss Gizmo, they learn about planning a project and using the right methods and materials. Will their engineering know-how save playtime?"--Page 4 of cover.

While designing and constructing a playground, a building crew of dinosaurs introduces the letters from A to Z.

Gramps takes Brother, Sister, and Honey around town with Big Jake to learn all about construction vehicles. They see different types of machines workers use at construction sites, farms, and even in the woods. These are certainly no ordinary machines--they are big machines!