Mighty Mike Builds A Library by Kelly Lynch

Mighty Mike Builds A Library by Kelly Lynch, 24 pages

The town decides to stop plans to build a library. Mike steps in.  Mike calls his friends to help build a library. His friends are carpenters and plumbers and builders. Where will the books come from?  The community comes together to donate books to the library.  This was a great book to show a community can work together to make a library come about!

The Vegetable Gardener's Book of Building Projects, by Cindy A Littlefield

The Vegetable Gardener's Book of Building Projects, by Cindy A Littlefield, 151 pages

I've been doing a bit of wood-working lately, and I'm anxiously looking forward to planting my veggie garden, so this was the perfect book to read on a slow weekend.  All of the projects in this book are pretty straightforward, easy enough to do with basic tools (the most complex tool required is a jigsaw), and all are pretty practical projects.  Very easy for a non-handy-type to read (after all, I read it).  There are some neat compost containers, raised beds and cold frames that I am contemplating.

Home Building and Woodworking in Colonial America by C. Keith Wilbur

Home Building and Woodworking in Colonial America by C. Keith Wilbur  121 pages

The middle 18^th through the middle 19^th centuries are my hobby. I find the story of the colonizing the North American Continent absolutely amazing. To think how they accomplished the things they did, with the tools and raw materials they had available, is a testament to the intelligence and strength of our ancestors.

This book depicts in drawings and text what tools they had, how the tools were used, and what techniques were used to build their homes and buildings.

I could picture in my mind how frontiersmen built their cabins. How skilled craftsmen designed and built beautiful wood floors, walls, window frames, and stairways. How they made and used wooden pegs (tree nails) to join posts to beams that still hold solidly to this day. 

As you can see, I enjoyed this book. In fact I could probably go on and on… but then it would take away from the time you could use to read this book yourself.