Land ho! These tractors, backhoes, pavers, and tall cranes are hard at work. Kids can watch them do their jobs in the farmlands of America and on big construction sites.

It s 1901 and Henry Ford wants to build a car that everyone can own. But first he needs the money to produce it. How will he get it? He enters a car race, of course Readers will love this fast-paced, fact-based story "

Little truck drivers will love learning the names of their favorite vehicles and seeing them in action in these shaped board books that are a book and toy in one. Full color. 4 spreads.

Stunning photos plus engaging stories demonstrate how the crane, bulldozer, dump truck, and other construction machines all play a part in building a new park. Full color.

Simple train facts in a board book shaped like a train
I am a train.
I travel on railroad tracks.
All aboard for this fun and sturdy board book shaped like a train. Read along as trains travel from town to town delivering passengers and important cargo to train stations across the country.
Little engineers will love seeing these big machines in action. It's a book and a toy in one

Simple garbage truck facts in a board book shaped like a garbage truck
I am a garbage truck
I carry trash to the dump.
Readers may want to put on their gloves for this fun and sturdy board book shaped like a garbage truck Read along as garbage trucks of all sizes travel door to door picking up sticky, icky trash to deliver to the dump
Little explorers will love seeing these big machines in action.

Discover the coolest robots of today and tomorrow in this colorful, photo-packed book. In this inviting and entertaining format, kids will learn about the science behind these amazing machines. This Level 3 reader is written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the scientists of tomorrow

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"Hard Hat Zone"covers the concepts Community Workers & Helpers and Problem Solving.
Construction sites are some of the most interesting places, especially for young boys. Join the workers as they use dump trucks, cranes, concrete mixers, backhoes, and payloaders to build a new skyscraper Full of photographs, "Hard Hat Zone" is an exciting and informative read for children interested in how things are built."

Full-color photos of bulldozers, fire trucks, cranes, and more pop off the page in this Step 3 Step into Reading Non-Fiction reader Reissued with updated facts and photographs, truck-lovers will eagerly pore over the detailed, action-packed pages

Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics, and are for children who are ready to read on their own.

Big Machines Trucks lift things and move them about all day long. Find out all about diggers, bulldozers, tractors and other big machines. Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling reading series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills. Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently...

More fabulous huge machines for the kids who love them.

A bulldozer is often a child's first construction toy. This book shows the real machine hard at work, carving roads, clearing land, ripping rock, demolishing buildings, mining, quarrying, plowing snow and working for the military. This book describes the many different blades and attachments and how a bulldozer's design keeps it from falling over or tipping backward. The photographs also show the many sizes of bulldozer, from the mammoth crawler to the (relatively) tiny calf bulldozer used in mining.

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More fabulous huge machines for the kids who love them.

Children always get excited watching cranes reach for the heights. Knowing that one person is perched high atop the crane only adds to the thrill and sense of adventure. Cranes are used for lifting almost any heavy load and moving it to a height. They are used to make buildings, bridges and ships. Some are used to stack containers onto ships, trains and trucks. A floating crane might be used for salvaging a sunken ship, and an aerial crane is a specially fitted helicopter that can rescue someone or drop emergency...

More fabulous huge machines for the kids who love them.

Loaders easily move material around job sites -- no matter how big or difficult it seems. This book reminds children how often they actually see loaders. In the city loaders are used as snowplows or to move building materials and tools. In the country a farmer might drive a loader down a road with bales of straw in its bucket. A highway road crew uses a loader to move gravel, and loaders with a fork attachment are used in factories, warehouses and lumberyards.

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When the ice on the rink gets too rough, it's up to a trusty Zamboni machine to make things right in this sturdy board book shaped just like the real thing! Featuring simple facts and colorful illustrations. Full color.

Born on a small farm in rural Michigan, Henry Ford's humble beginnings were no match for his ambition. Ford quickly created a manufacturing dynasty, bringing affordable cars to the masses and forever changing America and the American workplace. Who Was Henry Ford? details his meteoric rise, and explains how the genius behind the assembly line and the Model T shaped modern American industry.