Home Improvement Guide: Little Helpers

While digging a ditch, Bob and Scoop make an exciting discovery - dinosaur bones! But not all of the bones make it to the local museum as Bob had planned. It seems Spud has built his own dinosaur display. Then, Bob builds a time capsule for the museum. (Audio & Video - Midwest Tape, Copyright Midwest Tape, LLC.) (30 min.)

Bob and his friends help out their animal friends by helping the badgers get to the stream, providing a belfry home for the bats, and a new home in the building yard for a parrot. (Audio & Video - Midwest Tape, Copyright Midwest Tape, LLC.)

What a great Christmas! Even though everything was going wrong, Elton John and a mysterious Santa Claus came to the rescue and made it a Christmas we'll always remember! (Audio & Video - Midwest Tape, Copyright Midwest Tape, LLC.) (50 min.)

Explains how bridges, skyscrapers, tunnels, and other large construction projects are planned and completed.

Crisp, clear, full-color photographs show all the fascinating machines and earthmovers found at a construction site. Even the very youngest readers will want to put on hard hats! "The roaring power of 13 construction machines is captured in clear, brilliantly colored photographs." -- Booklist

Various forms of building and their processes are introduced simply with interesting visuals that encourage interaction.

Detailed instructions, illustrations, and color photos describe how to make woodworking projects of differing difficulty, although adult supervision in intended.

Caution! Construction zone ahead! Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a big building going up — and who hasn't? — will be thrilled by this behind-the-scenes look at an amazing construction project. Put on your hard hat and step inside CONSTRUCTION ZONE! Young readers are invited to come on a virtual tour of a building in progress, led by award-winning photographer Richard Sobol. It takes hundreds of workers, thousands of trucks and machines, and millions of nails and bolts to transform an idea on paper into an actual building in which people will live, play, shop, or work. Every single piece of the construction puzzle — big and small — must fit together flawlessly. With a clear, direct narrative and handy definitions of construction-related jobs, machines, and terms, Cheryl Willis Hudson distills this most complex of projects into language a young child can grasp. The building itself — the Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank O. Gehry — is playful and colorful, sculpted to excite, delight, and surprise. Richard Sobol's vivid color photographs capture all the excitement of the busy construction site, while offering a close-up view of its breathtaking genius.

Even little ones are fascinated by tools and their many functions. With this exciting new Home Depot series, children will learn the basic functions of common tools. With big, bold type, rhyming text, and bright full-color illustrations, these oversized board books with rounded corners are the perfect way to introduce children to the exciting world of tools!

Going to the job site with Dad When darkness falls and bedtime comes, Papa tucks Alex in, then puts on his hard hat and goes to work. Papa is an engineer who works at night. "Take me with you," Alex says. "Not tonight," says Papa. But one night Papa has a surprise - a hard hat for Alex! He takes Alex with him to the construction site, where excavators rumble and cement mixers hum. As his dream comes true, Alex gets to be a night worker just like Papa. Kate Banks's evocative text and Georg Hallensleben's colorful paintings combine to make a unique bedtime book that will delight all children, especially those who are fascinated by big machines. The Night Workeris a 2001 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

A bright, beautiful concept book from Denise Fleming Mouse airbrushes the A, buttons the B, carves the C . . .Mouse is hard at work constructing each letter of the alphabet. He dyes the D, erases the E, and folds the F. Mouse works his way right through to Z, constructing an alphabet that is sure to please.

Stanley loves to help, but sometimes he gets so excited he makes mistakes. While running errands for his mom—CRASH—Stanley bounces his ball right on top of Mouse’s house, smashing it to smithereens. Stanley wants to make up for what he’s done, but how? In Elisa Kleven’s expressive, detailed pictures, Stanley finds his inspiration all around him, from here and there, and this and that. Soon he is ready to surprise his friend with a new house, and what a wonderful place it is!

Froggy and his friends are building a tree house-with a little help from Dad.  They have big plans for fun things to do in their new hideaway, and none of them includes Frogilina.  'No girls allowed!' says Froggy.But Frogilina doesn't intend to be left out, and she usually gets her way-so look out, Froggy!

Cumulative verses with rebuses describe all the tools that a young boy borrows from his mother's toolbox to make a birdhouse.

Grab your tool kit and put on your hard hat-there's a house to build! It starts with drawing up the floor plans and ends with laying down a welcome mat, but in between there are lots of things to do. Children will love following all the steps as bulldozers clear the land and cement mixers pour the foundation. Then it's time to put up the walls, install the plumbing, nail down the roof shingles, and hang the doors. Bright, humorous illustrations capture all the details around the construction site as a busy family lends a hand (and sometimes a paw!) to build their dream house. Illustrated by Elwood H. Smith.

A young boy, catching a glimpse of different construction vehicles as they approach their work site, urges each to get busy.

The team is busy fixing the road when Bob spots some unexpected traffic--a family of porcupines! Bob can't reopen the road until he figures out a way for the porcupines to cross safely. So the team puts their heads together and comes up with a plan to save the day for their porcupine friends. Full color.

Can They Do It? Yes, They Can!Bob and the team are out building a new road, and valentine presents keep popping up everywhere! From candies and cookies to special treats, there's so much to find in this sweet lift-the-flap story.

CAN THEY FIX IT? YES, THEY CAN! Mrs. Potts has hired the team to pave a new path in her garden. But when Wendy leaves Dizzy and Muck alone to finish the job, they end up making a big mess!

Pre-Level 1Recognizing Words • Word repetition• Familiar words and phrases• Simple sentences Can Dizzy take care of a bird's nest while Bob works on a job? Find out in this simple story with a big surprise!

Can They Help? Yes, They Can! Oh, no! The duck pond in the park has dried up! With a little help from Roley's favorite rock star, Bob and the gang find three ducks a new home.

Can Wendy get it done? Yes, she can! Wendy has a big job to do. She has to build a soccer field! Luckily the team is ready to help. They all build it -- and there's just enough time to play a game of soccer too!