"Tools help us build. They are used for different kinds of work." This basic introduction by an award-winning author and illustrator shows how tools such as rulers, saws, planes, hammers, and drills are used to measure, cut, scrape, pound, and make holes so that we can make things. The simple text and clear illustrations are appealing and inviting.

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Gail Gibbons

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Gail Gibbon’s bestselling Tool Book is new and updated! This classic introduces kids to tools that measure, screw, scrape, and more.

What are tools? How do they help us make things? For little builders, crafters, and DIYers, Gail Gibbons presents the answers to those questions in this cheerful introduction to tools and what they do.

From rulers, hammers, and saws, to drills, nuts, and bolts, Gibbons covers basic hand tools and shows them in action! Clear diagrams display how tools work, accompanied by simple text that is accessible to the youngest readers. Newly added text includes facts about workers and their tools, where tools are found, and how tools are simple machines.

Gail Gibbons is the go-to source for early nonfiction for millions of educators and caregivers. As The Washington Post wrote, "Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator."