excavating machinery

"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to earth movers. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--.

Simple text and photographs explain diggers, or excavators, and the jobs these machines do.

A look at some of the everyday machines around us, how they work, and how they shape our lives. Features cutaway and diagramatic views of each.

Simple text and photographs introduce big diggers.

Simple text and photographs introduce big diggers.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text describe diggers and how they are used for excavating and tearing down buildings.

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.

Text and photographs describe excavators and how they are used, and discuss other types of earthmoving machinery.

"Digger Dog loves to dig. Dig, dig, dig, dig, dig! But what will he dig up? Find out in this book's dinosaur-size fold-out ending!"--Back cover.

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.