Big, Bigger, and Biggest Trucks and Diggers

Big, Bigger, and Biggest Trucks and Diggers
Author: Caterpillar
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1452120420

Readers will get to know different kinds of Caterpillar trucks and diggers, from the smallest to the biggest! Twelve of the most impressive machines are shown in order of size, with full-color photos and fascinating facts for each one. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which will look almost identical to the print version.

Big Bigger Biggest Trucks and Diggers - With DVD

Big Bigger Biggest Trucks and Diggers - With DVD
Author: Erin Golden
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2008-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780811864329

"This oversize picture book arranges CAT earthmovers in terms of size-a system well suited for kids. It covers 12 machines listed in ascending order. All share the common purpose of moving the earth by lifting, pushing, digging, or scooping"--Provided by the publisher.

Construction Machines

Construction Machines
Author: John Perritano
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433996030

Modern marvels like skyscrapers and highways have been built with the help of the most advanced construction machines ever imagined. As today's buildings get bigger and more complicated, the vehicles that build them have followed suit. With the help of full-color photographs, readers learn more about gigantic machines that can carve tunnels through solid stone and cranes, trucks, and bulldozers that help build—and tear down—the structures that make our cities and towns. Readers can draw their own construction vehicles with the help of simple instructions, and take a fun quiz at the end of the book to make sure they remember what these big machines are made of! • High-interest topic attracts reluctant readers • Reading level appropriate for many ages • Full-color photographs • Table of contents, glossary, and index guide readers through each book • Suggested books and websites provide additional learning opportunities

Gotcha Again for Guys!

Gotcha Again for Guys!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 159884377X

Here's help in selecting current, nonfiction books that will get boys excited about reading. Enticing boys to read is still a hot topic. With chapters like "Disasters and Mysteries," "Gross and Disgusting," "Machines and the Military," and "Prehistoric Creatures," Gotcha Again for Guys!: More Nonfiction Books to Get Boys Excited about Reading is a treasure trove of recent nonfiction books that will interest boys in grades 3-8. This sixth entry in Baxter and Kochel's Gotcha series covers books published between 2007 and 2009, with a few oldies-but-goodies also included. The book is organized into 12 thematic chapters, each of which offers booktalks for a select number of titles, followed by a list of other high-interest, well-reviewed titles that correspond with the chapter's topic. Features new to this volume include numerous booklists to be copied and saved, as well as profiles of new and innovative nonfiction authors writing for this age group. In addition, the book features interviews with seven male authors of nonfiction books for boys.

A to Zoo

A to Zoo
Author: Carolyn W. Lima
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1832
Release: 2006
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Presents a guide to nearly 27,000 children's oicture book titles grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

My Big Book of Trucks and Diggers

My Big Book of Trucks and Diggers
Author: Caterpillar
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2011-03-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1452106851

Bulldozers! Excavators! Dump trucks! All of the very biggest trucks are in here! This book offers an up-close look at ten amazing machines that dig, scoop, lift, and more. Toddlers will also learn the words for all of the very important parts that help the big trucks and diggers go.