The House I Live In:At Home in America by Isadore Seltzer, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, NY 1992
An introduction to architecture explaining why people built where they did and the way that they did. The original illustrations by the author are from acrylic collages on canvas with hand tinted black-and-white photographs posed for by schoolchildren.
The Three Little Pigs retold and illustrated by James Marshall, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY 1989
The classic tale of how construction details make all the difference when a wolf tries to enter your house to eat you.
Andrew Henry's Meadow written and illustrated by Doris Burn, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc, New York, NY 1965
A funny story about a boy who was so inventive about building things that it was a nuisance and how he and some other children moved to an empty meadow and built some very interesting shelters.
Homes in Cold Places by Alan James, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, MN,1989
How shelters and homes are constructed for very cold places from Antarctica to Lappland, using techniques from modern triple glazing to ice blocks and animal skins.
Homes on Water by Alan James, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, MN,1989
How shelters and homes are constructed for very hot locations in both modern and traditional forms that are adapted to tropical or desert areas around the world.
Homes in Hot Places by Alan James, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, MN,1989
How shelters and homes are constructed for very cold places from Antarctica to Lappland, using techniques from modern triple glazing to ice blocks and animal skins.
Homes in Space by Graham Rikard, Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, MN,1988
How people live in space now and some ideas about how they may in the future.
Welcome Home! by Sylvia White, Childrens Press, Chicago, IL,1995
A book about all kinds of dwellings and why they are as different as their occupants.
The Little House, by Virginia Lee Burton, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA 1942
The story of a little house that was gradually surounded by ugly urban sprawl and how it was rescued.
My House Has Stars by Megan McDonald with paintings by Peter Catalanotto, Orchard Books, New York, NY, 1996
A beautiful book in which children from around the world describe their diverse homes under the stars
The Biggest House in the World by Leo Lionni, Pantheon Books, New York, NY 1968
The cautionary tale of a snail that wanted the biggest house in the world, and found that bigger is not always better.
Houses by Katherine Carter, Childrens Press, Chicago, IL,1982
Another large print book with photographs of dwellings from all kinds of places and ranging from prehistoric cave homes in cliff walls to high rise modern city apparment buildings.
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Betty Fraser, Viking, New York, NY, 1978
A story in rhyme about the dwellings of various animals and things (peaches are houses for peachpits) with very colorful detailed pictures.
Does a Mouse Have a House? by Anne Miranda, Bradbury Press, New York, NY, 1994
Another book of rhymes about animal dwelling places, with striking ink and paper collage illustrations.
The Mitten adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1989
A funny story about a lost mitten and the various creatures that attempt to use it for shelter.
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