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Books in Amazing Machines series

  • Terrific Trains

    Tony Mitton

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 15, 2000)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Rhyming text introduces a variety of trains as they leave a station, rush along the tracks, and arrive at the platform where travelers are waiting.
    K
  • Super Submarines

    Tony Mitton

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 28, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explore an underwater world with Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse in this marine adventure all about submarines. Zippy wordplay, zappy art, plus a visual dictionary, make this title a must have for bookshelves everywhere. This book is filled with lively rhyming text by the award-winning poet Tony Mitton that perfectly complements Ant Parker's bold, bright illustrations. A picture dictionary identifying submarine parts builds vocabulary and makes learning about subs engaging and fun.
    M
  • Marvelous Motorcycles

    Tony Mitton, Ant Parker

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, Nov. 1, 2016)
    Marvelous Motorcycles
    K
  • Bulldozers

    Quinn M. Arnold

    Paperback (Creative Paperbacks, March 13, 2018)
    From the heavy blades of bulldozers to the hauling bodies of dump trucks, heavy machinery and equipment have long been used in construction and demolition alike. Appealing to future builders, mechanics, and engineers, this new series explores the continued use of six Amazing Machines. Detailed photos and STEM-appropriate text examine the featured machine's parts, functions, variations, and worksites. Each book also includes a labeled pictorial diagram of variations of the machine. A basic exploration of the parts, variations, and worksites of bulldozers, the leveling and scraping machines. Also included is a pictorial diagram of variations of bulldozers.
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  • Tremendous Tractors

    Tony Mitton, Tony Parker

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 15, 2005)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Enhanced with an informative picture dictionary and bold illustrations, playful rhymes provide a colorful and fun introduction to the many types of jobs large tractors do while operating at a busy farm.
    E
  • Tough Trucks

    Tony Mitton, Ant Parker

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 15, 2005)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Monster trucks, trailer trucks, tankers, dump trucks, and more are presented in a boldly illustrated truck book with playful rhymes that explain the jobs these trucks do and an informative picture dictionary in the back.
    J
  • Dazzling Diggers

    Tony Mitton, Ant Parker

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 15, 2000)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Animals operate digging machines that scoop, lift, move rubble, squish through mud, and help buildings tower up tall.
    I
  • Trucks

    Julie Dos Santos

    Hardcover (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2009)
    Young readers will find everything they want to know in these informative books about a wide variety of machines.
    O
  • Busy Boats

    Tony Mitton, Ant Parker

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, April 15, 2002)
    Sail boats, row boats, ferry boats and speedboats: find them all and discover how they work in this fun-filled picture book. Then take a cruise on an ocean liner, crewed by our favorite animal characters, in a jolly rhyming journey.
    K
  • Tough Trucks

    Tony Mitton, Ant Parker

    Hardcover (Kingfisher, Nov. 7, 2003)
    Toddlers are totally entranced by trucks, it's true! Tough Trucks delivers lumbering tractor-trailers, dump trucks, tankers, and monster trucks galore--the way kids love them. Rumble down the road with a team of wacky animal truckers in this truck-tastic picture book.
    K
  • Cranes

    Quinn M Arnold

    Library Binding (Creative Educ, Feb. 1, 2018)
    From the heavy blades of bulldozers to the hauling bodies of dump trucks, heavy machinery and equipment have long been used in construction and demolition alike. Appealing to future builders, mechanics, and engineers, this new series explores the continued use of six Amazing Machines. Detailed photos and STEM-appropriate text examine the featured machines parts, functions, variations, and worksites. Each book also includes a labeled pictorial diagram of variations of the machine. A basic exploration of the parts, variations, and worksites of cranes, the tall moving machines. Also included is a pictorial diagram of variations of cranes.
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  • Backhoes

    Quinn M. Arnold

    Library Binding (Creative Educ, Jan. 15, 2018)
    From the heavy blades of bulldozers to the hauling bodies of dump trucks, heavy machinery and equipment have long been used in construction and demolition alike. Appealing to future builders, mechanics, and engineers, this new series explores the continued use of six Amazing Machines. Detailed photos and STEM-appropriate text examine the featured machines parts, functions, variations, and worksites. Each book also includes a labeled pictorial diagram of variations of the machine. A basic exploration of the parts, variations, and worksites of backhoes, the digging and hauling machines. Also included is a pictorial diagram of variations of backhoes.
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