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Street Sweepers
Connor Dayton
Paperback (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Busy city streets inevitably get dirty from litter and leaves that need to be swept up. In the past, this important job was done simply by people with brooms, but today the job is made easier by machines that help keep our sweets clean. Fun photographs and straightforward text highlight the different kinds of street sweepers and how they work to keep your streets clean and litter free.
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Garbage Trucks
Connor Dayton
Paperback (Powerkids Pr, Aug. 15, 2011)Describes the different types of garbage trucks and discusses the jobs they perform.
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Asphalt Pavers
Connor Dayton
Paperback (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Asphalt pavers are used to lay and smooth asphalt on roads, keeping them level and safe for drivers. The action-packed photographs show pavers making the roads we drive on every day. Straightforward text explains to young readers the components of these machines and the tasks they perform.
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Cherry Pickers
Connor Dayton
Library Binding (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Cherry pickers were originally designed to help people pick fruit in orchards, includingappropriately enoughcherry orchards. Whether big or small, they lift people up so that they can perform jobs such as tree-trimming or utility work. Bright photographs show cherry pickers in action and the straightforward and fact-filled text prompts vocabulary building in emerging readers.
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Street Sweepers
Connor Dayton
Library Binding (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Busy city streets inevitably get dirty from litter and leaves that need to be swept up. In the past, this important job was done simply by people with brooms, but today the job is made easier by machines that help keep our sweets clean. Fun photographs and straightforward text highlight the different kinds of street sweepers and how they work to keep your streets clean and litter free.
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Jackhammers
Connor Dayton
Paperback (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Jackhammers pound through cement and rock and are one of the most recognizable (and audible) machines at construction sites. Machine-loving readers will build vocabulary as they learn how jackhammers work and the significant jobs they do. Action-packed photographs show jackhammers making fast work of blocks of concrete and rock.
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Cranes
Connor Dayton
Library Binding (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Cranes have the ability to lift and move huge and heavy items. This book urges readers to look up and see the fascinating things cranes can do. Colorful photographs of these often gargantuan machines show them lifting, lowering, and moving materials at construction sites. Accessible text encourages vocabulary building while explaining how cranes work and the different jobs they perform.
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Garbage Trucks
Connor Dayton
Library Binding (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Garbage trucks roll through neighborhoods, compacting trash and whisking it away to landfills. In this volume, bright photographs show garbage trucks picking up and removing trash from city streets. Easy-to-follow text explains how garbage trucks perform their jobs and how important these everyday machines are.
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Asphalt Pavers
Connor Dayton
Library Binding (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Asphalt pavers are used to lay and smooth asphalt on roads, keeping them level and safe for drivers. The action-packed photographs show pavers making the roads we drive on every day. Straightforward text explains to young readers the components of these machines and the tasks they perform.
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Cranes
Connor Dayton
Paperback (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Cranes have the ability to lift and move huge and heavy items. This book urges readers to look up and see the fascinating things cranes can do. Colorful photographs of these often gargantuan machines show them lifting, lowering, and moving materials at construction sites. Accessible text encourages vocabulary building while explaining how cranes work and the different jobs they perform.
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Jackhammers
Connor Dayton
Library Binding (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Jackhammers pound through cement and rock and are one of the most recognizable (and audible) machines at construction sites. Machine-loving readers will build vocabulary as they learn how jackhammers work and the significant jobs they do. Action-packed photographs show jackhammers making fast work of blocks of concrete and rock.
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Cherry Pickers
Connor Dayton
Paperback (PowerKids Press, Aug. 15, 2011)Cherry pickers were originally designed to help people pick fruit in orchards, includingappropriately enoughcherry orchards. Whether big or small, they lift people up so that they can perform jobs such as tree-trimming or utility work. Bright photographs show cherry pickers in action and the straightforward and fact-filled text prompts vocabulary building in emerging readers.
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