This nonfiction title is divided into chapters covering different features of Northwest Native American plank houses.  The elementary level text is enriched with photographs, illustrations, and a map.  The chapter, Building a Plank House would benefit from a diagram to provide a visual explanation of the multiple steps described only in text.

Contains table of contents, glossary, additional information, and index. Glossary terms are also defined on the page they first appear.  A recommended title to support Washington State mandated Native American curriculum, Since Time Immemorial.