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A young girl helps her mother in the garden, using the proper tool for each task.

Create your maker space with this fun and instructive book, chock-full of hands-on activities and cool experiments to get kids thinking and tinkering.This book is designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and supports all kinds of kid creators: those who prefer guided instruction, those who prefer to dream up and design objects on their own, and everyone in between. With thoughtful text and bright illustrations, kids get the tools and the...

Clever monkey Chico Bon Bon builds lots of things with his many tools, and when he is captured by an organ grinder, he uses them to help him escape and get back home.

When school supplies go missing and suspicious bite marks appear, Chico the monkey (with his tool belt) investigates the mystery.

There's no more thorough and readable guide to joinery than this new book from expert woodworker Gary Rogowski. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery uses full-color, step-by-step photo essays to show you how to make every practical woodworking joint. Over 1,400 color photos and drawings illustrate the methods, from simple butt joints to angled tenons and complex scarf joints. A project as simple as a box, for example, has a dozen ways to solve...

In a messy yard, a team of tools gets organized, then spends a busy day building a shed.

Chico the monkey has to step in and save the day when his friend Clark the elephant's cooking nearly destroys their town.

Rhyming text describes how a group of children works together to build a clubhouse, using a variety of tools. Includes facts about each tool and its use.