excavating machinery

Introduces young readers to different types of digging machines.

Many young children cheer at the sight of a digger. Diggers, or excavators, are construction vehicles that dig and lift heavy things. They are huge machines and seem like lots of fun to drive! In this book, readers can fulfill their dream of learning to drive one long before they're actually old enough. From the parts of the vehicle to how the controls work, the main content of this book covers everything a vehicle enthusiast could want to know. STEM ideas are incorporated throughout, written simply just for emerging readers.

Explores the work that earthmovers and other types of equipment do on construction sites. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to what an excavator does at a construction site.

Simple text and photographs describe a variety of excavators.

Workers use different kinds of equipment to fill the big hole they dug in the road to fix a pipe.

Readers will be enthralled with large-format photos of the fascinating construction vehicles. The Mini Mechanics characters check out equipment ranging from dump trucks hauling sand to big-drummed concrete mixers and explain how they work.

Simple text and photographs present excavators.

Simple text and photographs describe what diggers and cranes are, and discusses the different jobs the machines can accomplish.

Simple text and photographs introduce big diggers.