woodwork

A young girl helps her father as he develops his idea for a new wooden toy and then builds it.

Presents the history of woodworking, while explaining the traditional uses of the woods--teak for decks of ships, yellow pine for rocking horses, and oak for barrels. Illustrations incorporate paintings of woodworkers engaged in their craft and exquisite borders made of woods.

Instructions for making a teeter-totter, bookcase, tool chest, bird house, tree house, and other items with wood as the primary material.

Introduces hammering, sawing, drilling, block planing, and measuring to young people and presents step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions for twelve projects, including birdhouses, a stool, a house-shaped bookshelf, and others.

Introduces important skills in woodworking through step-by-step, color-illustrated instructions for five projects: a handmade box, outdoor easy chair, rustic coffee table, bookcase, and top drawer lateral file.

Contains step-by-step instructions for creating thirty-three different wooden toys, games, and furniture pieces for children, including pull toys, a Chinese checkers game, a rocking horse, and a lego table.