Books published by publisher Grosset and Dunlap, New York

Kids will love reading this book with large-sized text about construction equipment, road machinery, and heavy equipment. Each machine is detailed in a very informative way, and the bright and beautiful illustrations bring the topic to life. The Big Book of Real Building & Wrecking Machines, by George J. Zaffo was copyrighted in 1951 & published by Grosset & Dunlap. Heavy equipment described includes bulldozers, rollers, rock crushers, graders, cranes, and other types of building machinery and tools.

Tom Swift Jr. realizes one of his greatest ambitions when the U.S. space agency commissions him to do a comet probe. With his latest invention, the telesampler, Tom hopes to glean unknown scientific facts from the next comet to pass near earth -- and even, perhaps, make a manned landing. But his erstwhile enemies the Brungarians are a threat to the daring research project and U.S. scientific prestige. Meanwhile, weird unidentified flying objects blazing across earth's skies are causing the U.S. Department of Defense great concern. When Professor Feng, of the University of Heidelberg, gives Tom a strange clue to the UFO's -- a clue which dates back to the Middle Ages -- the young space scientist is soon caught up in a web of danger and intrigue. How Tom succeeds in solving the complex riddle of the UFO's -- just in time for a desperate race with a deadly comet as earth's fate hangs in the balance -- makes one of the most tension-packed, thrilling stories in the Tom Swift series.

All Boys from 10 to 14 who like lively adventure stories, packed with mystery and action, will want to ready every one of the Hardy Boys stories. Sons of a famous American detective, the Hardy Boys help solve many thrilling cases after school hours and during vacations, as they follow up the clues they unearth in their quest to bring criminals to justice.

1916, 1st edition published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, Written and produced under "wartime conditions," Thornton W. Burgess sought to bring the reality of nature into the homes and lives of children by assigning names and personalities to many, quickly loved animal characters. By including true-to-life situations and characteristics, Burgess not only entertained, but also educated countless children about the animal kingdom and the horrors of meaningless killing.