In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.

"The growth of institutional capacity in the developing world has become a central theme in twenty-first-century social science. Many studies have shown that public institutions are an important (some would argue the most important) determinant of long-run rates of economic growth. This book argues that to understand the difficulties and pitfalls of state building in the contemporary world, it is necessary to analyze previous efforts to create institutional...

Feeling unappreciated by his family, a young boy who likes to build things runs away to a meadow where he constructs a house for himself and houses for other children to suit their hobbies.

A goose tries out a few odd places to make her nest before finally settling on an old straw hat.

On a busy day at the building site, Bear uses Digger to dig a hole, lay pipes, and even rescue a forklift that is stuck in the mud.

Oliver Pig decides to build a fort in the backyard and his friends become involved with the project as well.

Froggy and his friends build a treehouse, while avoiding help from his little sister, Frogilina.

"Jasper the fox and Ollie the sloth have a fort-building contest in their yard"--

Twins Jonathan and Drew have big plans to build a double-decker home for their puppies, but when they finally build it, it does not come out as they imagined.

A father and his young child watch the construction of the new school, from the bulldozing of earth and mixing of the concrete for the foundation to the hanging of the new sign.