Books

• Alphin, Elaine Marie. Irons. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1998. ISBN 1-57505-238-5
• Alphin, Elaine Marie. Toasters. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1998. ISBN 1-57505-243-1
• Alphin, Elaine Marie. Vacuum cleaners. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 1997. ISBN 1-57505-018-8
• Bridgman, Roger. Technology (Eyewitness science) Toronto: Stoddart, 1995. ISBN 0-7737-2854-6
• Faulkner, Lucy. A victorian kitchen. England: Wayland, 1994. ISBN 0-7502-1159-8
• Kalman, Bobbie. The kitchen. Mississauga, ON: Crabtree, 1990. ISBN 0-86505-484-3
• Kalman, Bobbie. Tools and gadgets. Mississauga, ON: Crabtree, 1992. ISBN 0-86505-488-6
• Kelley, True. Hammers and mop, pencils and pots. New York: Crown Publ., 1994. ISBN 0-517-59626-1
• Lafferty, Peter. What's inside everyday things? England: Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN0-7500-1516-0
• Lambert, Mark. Homes in the future. England: Wayland, 1988. ISBN 1-85210-382-5
• Messadié, Gerald. Great modern inventions. New York: Chambers, 1991. ISBN 0-550-17001-4
• Pollard, Michael. The house that science built. New York: Facts on file, 1987. ISBN 0-8160-1780-8
• Pollard, Michael. The light bulb and how it changed the world. New York: Facts on file, 1995. ISBN 0-8160-3145-2
• Tames, Richard. Food: feasts, cooks & kitchens. New York: Franklin Watts, 1994. ISBN 0-531-14312-0
• Walker, Colin. The comfort solution. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1993. ISBN 0-590-74809-2
• Wood, Richard. History of food and cooking. England: Wayland, 1996. ISBN 0-7502-1681-6

• Ardley, Neil. Comment ça marche (Guides pratiques jeunesse) Paris: Seuil, 1995. ISBN 2-02-022267-1
• Besson, Jean-Louis. Petites histoires des inventions de la vie de tous les jours. s.l.: Gallimard, 1986. ISBN 2-07-056287-5
• Grand livre des questions et réponses de Charlie Brown. Paris: Dargaud jeunesse, 1983. ISBN 2-205-02503-1
• Joly, Dominique. L'ampoule électrique. Tournai: Casterman, 1992. ISBN 2-203-17211-8
• Livre mondial des inventions. Paris: Cie 12, 1996.
  ISBN 2-87645-293-6
• Messadié, Gerald. Les grandes inventions du monde moderne. Paris: Bordas, 1989. ISBN 2-04-16383-2
• Turvey, Peter. Inventeur: des hommes et des idées au service du progrès (De mémoire de...) Paris: Hachette, 1992.
  ISBN 2-01-019037-8

CD ROM

• Macaulay, David. The way things work. New York: Dorling Kindersley Multimedia, 1994. ISBN 1-56458-901-3
• Macaulay, David. Comment ça marche. Paris: Nathan, 1996.

National Film Board Films

• Old House, New House. 28 min, 16 mm, 1981, No. 10181138.
• The Treadmill/ Le Travail piégé. 43 min 2 sec, 16 mm & video, 1984, No. 10184032.
• The Spring and Fall of Nina Polanski. 5 min 56 sec, 16 mm, 1974, No. 10174194.
• The Housewife/La Ménagère. 6 min 14 sec, 16 mm, 1975, No. 10375006.
• The Obedient Flame. 9 min 57 sec, 16 mm & video, 1939, No. 10139002.