Alamosa Public Library

"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 building and construction machines including giant drills, excavators, cranes, and bulldozers. Find out which building machine is the mightiest of them all!"--

An introduction to some of the heavy machinery used in construction, mining, logging, and other industries.

Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text lead young readers as they discover the purpose and parts of a bulldozer. The images in each book will show construction vehicles in action. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...

A photographic introduction to diggers, discussing what they are and how they are used, identifying the different parts of a digger, looking at different types of diggers, and explaining why they are important.

Learn about different types of diggers and how they are used.

Simple text and photographs present backhoes and the work they do.

Dozers; excavators; loaders; giant forestry machines; graders; and dump trucks - all in exciting non-stop action. Learn what the machines do, and how they do it. Wall-to-wall big machine action that will thrill and delight young and old alike.

Diggers are so big and powerful that they can dig 20 truckloads of coal in a single scoop!

Depicts different kinds of earth moving machines and their various uses.