books by subject
Children's Books on How Things Work

A Darkling Plain

Springs

Pulleys

Screws, Nuts, and Bolts

How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures

Lonely Planet Kids Ancient Wonders - Then & Now

My T-shirt and other clothes

Mr Shaha's Marvellous Machines: adventures in making round the kitchen table

Kay's Incredible Inventions: A fascinating and fantastically funny guide to inventions that changed the world (and some that definitely didn't)

Book of Paper Airplanes (Klutz)

Pressing Down: The Lever

Rolling Along: Wheels and Axles

Sloping Up and Down: The Ramp

Pulling Up: The Pulley

Stone Age Geometry Spheres

Splitting Apart: The Wedge

Winding Around: The Screw

Stone Age Geometry Squares

Stone Age Geometry Triangles

Stone Age Geometry Cubes

Stone Age Geometry Circles
