How Building Machines Work
Terry Jennings
Hardcover
(Kingfisher Books, Oct. 29, 1992)
This is one of a series which examines the science that underlies objects in the world around us. The book focuses on building machines, and discusses how and why they work, each spread developing the information presented in the previous one. Simple experiments are included to give children a chance to see for themselves how the machines work. The author won the "Times Educational Supplement" Junior Book Award in 1986.