Books in Cool Machines series

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.

There are lots of ways machines can be cool. They can be the biggest, the smallest, the tallest, the longest and even the noisiest. Machine mad kids will love pouring over the details of the ten awesome machines in each book. Fantastic Five stat panels give the scoop on what makes these machines tick and key design features are highlighted to help you earn something new about your favourite diggers, tractors, trucks ad emergency vehicles.Perfect for readers who can't get enough of books about machines, but who have outgrown the simple picture books aimed at a much younger level. Those who are beginning to read by themselves will find the text fun to read and accessible.For children aged 5+

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.

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.

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.

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.