Building a House
- ISBN-10
- 0688093566
- ISBN-13
- 9780688093563
- Series
- Building a House
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990-05-23
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Byron Barton
Description
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.
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