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Books in Big Machines at Work series

  • Big Machines Fly!

    Catherine Veitch

    Paperback (Heinemann, Sept. 1, 2014)
    These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines that can fly including super jumbo jets, rockets, and space shuttles. Find out which flying machine is the mightiest of them all!
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  • Machines on the Road

    Sian Smith

    Library Binding (Heinemann, July 1, 2013)
    Providing an early introduction to STEM education, this book uses simple text and labeled photographs to examine a wide range of exciting machines used on the road, revealing how each machine solves a particular problem. Machines covered include bicycles, motorbikes, cars, trucks, fire trucks, garbage trucks, maintenance vehicles, and more!
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  • In the Air

    Ian Graham

    Library Binding (Black Rabbit Books, Feb. 28, 2008)
    Explaining how vehicles help people on farms, construction sites, and other places, each of these high interest books answers questions with bright, interesting photographs of machines in different situations to explain how they work and what they do.
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  • Dump Trucks

    Cynthia Roberts

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Jan. 1, 2007)
    Introduces dump trucks, describing their function, parts, how they work, and how much they can carry.
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  • Pulleys in Action

    Gillian Gosman

    Paperback (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2010)
    Explains how a pulley works and introduces the ways it is used in everyday life.
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  • Planes and Helicopters

    Clive Gifford

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Sept. 15, 2012)
    Kids love machines that fly! This amazing book explains the basics of how planes and helicopters work. Topics include engines, wings, propellers, fuel, and flying safety. A quiz at the end tests the reader's knowledge.
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  • Digger

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    Paperback (Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, )
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  • Concrete Mixers

    Jean Eick

    Library Binding (Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 1998)
    Briefly describes the parts of a concrete mixer and how it works.
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  • On the Farm

    Henry Arthur Pluckrose

    Paperback (Franklin Watts, March 1, 1999)
    Photographs and simple text present some of the different machines used on farms, including tractors, cultivators, balers, and combine harvesters
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  • Atvs

    E. S. Budd

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Jan. 1, 2004)
    Introduces all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), what they do, how they work, and how to be safe on and around them.
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  • Big Machines Rescue!

    Catherine Veitch

    Hardcover (Heinemann, July 1, 2014)
    These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines that come to our rescue including fire engines, lifeboats, and helicopters. Find out which rescue machine is the mightiest of them all!
    K
  • Fire Engine

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    Paperback (Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, )
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