Good Work: Simple Tools

Good Work: Simple Tools is an English nonfiction picture book designed for early readers in Grades K-1. This read-aloud title shows how simple tools are found everywhere and help make everyday tasks easier. With repetitive text and clear language, it encourages young learners to notice, name, and think about tools in their world. Teachers and parents can use it to support science or engineering lessons, guide tool-recognition games, or prompt design challenges at home or in class.

• Introduces common everyday tools to build awareness of engineering in daily life
• Uses simple, repetitive phrases to support early reading and vocabulary
• Connects observations of tools to thinking about function and purpose
• Correlates with Next Generation Science Standards for engineering practices
• Ideal for guided reading, science centers, design prompts, and parent-child discussion