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Author
Publisher
Boston
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Step into unique homes from around the world and discover the many fascinating ways in which people live and have lived. Showing the tremendous variety of dwellings worldwide--log cabins, houses on stilts, cave dwellings, boathouses, and yurts--this book addresses why each house is built the way that it is. Full color.
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
People in communities around the world live in homes suited to their environment and natural resources. From homes made of mud and straw to homes built on stilts, readers will discover that all homes serve the same purposeto meet our basic need for shelter.
Author
Publisher
TanTan Publishing
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
A house is a place for shelter and rest, a place for playing and working, and a place for a family to live and love. But a house in Thailand looks nothing like a house in Mongolia, and the houses in Togo don t look like the houses in Russia. In each place, the people build their houses to accomodate their climate, customs and lifestyles, They end up with homes that vary in many ways.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
This title takes readers through the grounds, halls, and history of Windsor Castle in England. Readers will learn about who lived and still lives there, including kings and queens, what purposes the castle served, and what visitors can expect when they explore Windsor today. --from AMazon.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The bear from Maxwell Eaton's Bear Goes Sugaring returns in this fascinating follow-up, and this time, she's going to build a house entirely from scratch! To do so, she'll need time, careful planning, sturdy materials, and a whole lot of help from. . . most of her friends. Readers will see a house built before their very eyes as they are guided through detailed descriptions of each step in the construction process, from site selection, to chopping...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this book, early fluent readers will marvel at the beauty of Buckingham Palace, while learning about its history, location, many rooms, current inhabitants, and art. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about the palace's cultural history. A Take a Look! infographic aids understanding, sidebars present interesting, supplementary information, and an activity offers readers an opportunity...
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
"When Esperanza and her family arrive in the United States from Cuba, they buy a little house, una casita. It may be small, but they soon prove that there's room enough to share with a whole community"--
"It was a little house. Una casita . . . It was small. It smelled like old wet socks. . . But even though they were far from home, The family was together." As Esperanza and her family settle into their new house, they all do their part to make it...
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