Building a toolbox in a high school metal shop can lead to building skyscrapers as a construction manager, with some heavy-duty training (and resume building) along the way. In this book, readers are introduced to the physical, mental, and scholastic requirements for a job in the construction industry and are shown various paths into the industry via technical schooling, engineering, project management, apprenticeship, and other steps. Whether they...

With charming text and colorful illustrations, readers can follow along as a class meets a construction worker and learns what construction workers do. Comprehension questions, fun facts, and critical thinking questions keep readers engaged and lead them about what they're reading.

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

How does an empty lot transform into a new hotel? This anthology begins with a busy construction site, and an architect's (and her daughter's) dreams drawn on blueprint paper. Next, workers with huge machines -- backhoes, dump trucks, cement mixers, etc. -- roll in. Poems full of noise and action describe every step of the construction process. From welders and carpenters building the skeleton of the building to plumbers and electricians making its...

Join Manny and his Tools as they head out of town to work on an exciting construction project in Concrete Falls. Meanwhile, back in Sheet Rock Hills, Mr. Lopart tries to fill in for Manny, with hilarious results! Can Kelly convince Manny to come home and save the day? Introducing new Power Tools, new songs, never-before-seen episode 'Good Fences/Butterflies,' and a wonderful message about the rewards of taking on new challenges.

"When the Russian demo team clearing out the mansion discovers a room that's been sealed off for decades, Julia's baffled as to its purpose and what secrets it might have held. Tensions are already simmering with the crew, but when one of the workers is found murdered, things come to a boil. With the discovery of another body - and a mysterious diary with Cyrillic text in the hidden room - the pressure's on Julia to dig up a real killer fast. But...

What's love got to do with it? Jilly Hart has been called many things. Gold digger. Trophy wife. Serial bride. She's led a difficult life, so she doesn't believe in love or magic, only assets. She doesn't ever plan to be poor or hungry again. However, when she finds herself a widow for the fourth time, she discovers all she has left is a nineteenth-century inn in South Fork, Arkansas. She heads there with plans to sell the place and start her quest...

"Grace Lowell's husband abandoned the family after gambling away their life savings. Now, she wants to find a safe haven and make a fresh start with her two kids-- Not a simple thing when left penniless, alone and with a dangerous thug trying to shake her down to recoup her deadbeat husband's debts. Noah Patterson, bitter from his fiancé's betrayal, has sworn off women. Instead, he pours his heart and soul into his construction business. Unprecedented...

Peek-through pages throughout this board book's layered pages that are packed with fun, simple facts for all construction fans! Young readers will love to peek through the pages of this busy board book to discover what goes on at a construction site!