Mighty machines

Text and color illustrations show how garbage trucks work.

Simple text and color photographs provide early readers with an introduction to helicopters.

Introduces various types of monster trucks, including those used in competition and enormous crawlers and trucks used to do specific jobs such as mining or carrying the space shuttle. Includes glossary.

Explains how ships work, provides background on the history of sailing and steam power, and describes the size, shape, and unique capabilities and characteristics of several kinds of ships, including liners, warships, cargo vessels, ferries, icebreakers, and others.

Simple text and color photographs provide early readers with an introduction to trains.

"Simple text and supportive images introduce young readers to graders. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade. "--Provided by publisher.

Introduces bulldozers by describing their parts and the function of each part and describes how they dig dirt and push large things with a blade.

Introduces dump trucks, describing their function, parts, how they work, and the largest dump truck in the world.

An introduction to excavators, explaining what they are and how they are used.

An introduction to jumbo jets, explaining what they are and how they are used.