Books by age
Every Moriches Bay Press book is family-clean. These are the ones built for young readers.
| Ages | Books | What kids get out of them |
|---|---|---|
| 3 to 6 | Ruby's Big Firsts picture books | First day of school, first haircut, first lost tooth, first sleepover |
| 2 to 8 | Try Not to Laugh read-alouds and Flip & Giggle! joke books | Read-aloud fluency, expression, listening, pure fun at story time |
| 7 to 11 | Junior Contractor Workbooks | Measuring, jobsite math, mazes, problem solving, STEM vocabulary |
| 8 to 12 | Junior Contractor Stories | How real buildings, bridges, parks and towers get planned and built |
Junior Contractor: story + workbook pairs
Each Junior Contractor Story follows one kind of real construction project. Its matching workbook turns the same build into hands-on math, measuring and problem solving. Written by N. E. Hall, a commercial construction estimator on Long Island with more than twenty years of experience pricing schools, firehouses, bridges, parks and towers.
| # | Story (ages 8-12) | Workbook (ages 7-11) | The build |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lot 12 The House Built From an Empty Lot | Build a House | A house |
| 2 | The First Bell The Race to Build a School | Build a School | A school |
| 3 | Station Seven The Firehouse Built on a Landfill | Build a Firehouse | A firehouse |
| 4 | Where the Water Goes The Park That Drinks the Rain | Build a Park | A park |
| 5 | Harbor Point The Bridge Built Over a Working Channel | Build a Bridge | A bridge |
| 6 | Forty Floors Up The Tower That Learned to Sway | Build a Skyscraper | A skyscraper |
| 7 | The Long Way Around The Stadium That Had to Empty in Ten Minutes | Build a Stadium | A stadium |
| 8 | Ready or Not The Hangar Rebuilt at Aurora Borealis Airport | Build an Airport | An airport |
How classrooms use them
- Read-aloud or book club. One chapter a day of a Junior Contractor Story, each opened by an illustration.
- Do the build. The matching workbook's measuring and jobsite math pages turn the chapter into a STEM activity.
- Look around. Kids start noticing how the school, the firehouse and the park down the street actually got built.
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