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22) Giant loaders
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
23) Mega machines
Publisher
DK Children
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the machines that play a role in the construction of a new school, from bulldozers and front loaders to concrete mixers and cranes.
Author
Publisher
Scribblers, a Salariya imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Choo-choo, toot toot, zoom zoom: all these noisy machines are on the move! Baby will love these fun, brightly colored illustrations, which range from a plane that goes whirr, whirr, whirr up in the air to a truck that grumbles and rattles over the bumpy road.--Amazon.com
Author
Series
Invention Hunters volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When the Invention Hunters, a group of globe-trotting invention collectors, visit a construction site in their flying museum, a boy helps them by explaining how simple machines like levers, pulleys, and cranks work"--
29) Orange excavator
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
During clean-up day in Tumberton, an orange excavator helps out where he can, making sure the town is in tip-top shape by the end of the day.
Author
Publisher
Octane Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This rollicking ride into machine history follows the innovators, entrepreneurs, and hucksters who transformed our world with farm machines of all colors. Starting with the turn-of-the-century visionaries who saw that four wheels and a motor could replace for the horse, the book moves swiftly through key early developments to cover the power farming movement of the latter part of the 20th century- a time when major manufacturers lagged and independent...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Looking at the technology all around us-and then explaining how it works, the How Things Work Encyclopedia lifts the hood of a car engine, gets inside a TV set, and discovers the power of invisible microwaves. With close-ups, cutaways, and diagrams bringing the technology to life, and timelines illustrating the development of inventions, challenging curiosity quizzes and fascinating facts, the How Things Work Encyclopedia lets children really see...
Author
Series
Publisher
No Starch Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book in the LEGO Technic Non-Electric Models series features 141 motor-free devices for you to build and operate. Each project includes full-color photographs from multiple angles and illustrated Technic parts to help you follow along. The models range from basic mechanisms that showcase the power of gears and rotation to moving vehicles that demonstrate linear, oscillating, rotary, and reciprocating motion. The Technic models in Simple Machines...
34) On the farm
Author
Series
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Finn Coyle shares some of his favorite things about being on the farm in this simplistic photo-based board book. Readers will discover some of the machines, buildings, and animals a farmer has on his farm including a baler, tractor, red barn, old truck, cows, silos, combine harvester, seed driller, and stable. Trucks & Stuff is a series from author Finn Coyle, a teen truck enthusiast! From his love of trucks came his series of books that explore the...
35) Colossal cranes
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Amazing Machines: Colossal Cranes follows the animal team as they encounter all the jobs cranes carry out on a busy, bustling building site. Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids will love.
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Fans of cars and trucks books such as 'Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site' can count down from ten to one as they follow busy excavators during their working day"--
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