The Great Big Book of Mighty Machines
Part of the Mighty Machines series
- Subject
- Transportation - Cars & Trucks
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 160
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Size
- 25.5 cm × 28.1 cm
- ISBN
- 9781554075218
A richly illustrated book about the big machines kids love.
Kids love big machines: watching real machines do real work, playing with toy machines, reading and talking about all kinds of machines. The bigger, the better!
The Great Big Book of Mighty Machines is one big and mighty book about the massive moving machines that kids love: monster trucks, dump trucks, fire trucks, tractors, big bikes, cranes, trains and airplanes! One big bundle of mightiness.
Vivid color photographs of machines at work jump off the page. Large, easy-to-read type describes the machines, their parts and what they are used for. Red arrows point out special features. Glossaries explain essential terms, and suggested activities, like quizzes, "what to draw" and "pick the picture," add to the fun.
About the creators
Jean Coppendale has been involved in children's book publishing for many years, producing, editing and writing both fiction and non-fiction, including The Great Big Book of Mighty Machines.
Ian Graham is an author with more than 30 years' experience in popular science, technology and history. He has written extensively for magazines and has written and co-written more than 200 books on a wide range of topics, including space exploration, aviation, transport, energy, communications, inventions and military technology. He has a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism. In 2012 he was the joint winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize and in 2014 he was shortlisted for the Educational Writers' Award.
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What reviewers said
A vehicle-lover's dream come true, this meaty volume focuses on cars, bikes, trains, tractors, rescue vehicles, construction trucks and monster trucks. Each section (which is divided into subtopics, one per double-page spread) ends with an activity page encouraging readers to identify photos, answer comprehension-type questions and complete create challenges such as drawing an original vehicle and writing a story about it or making a collage. While a few terms might be new to American readers (train "wagons" instead of "cars" and "MPV" instead of "van"), for the most part the text is easy to…
This picture-book-size, photo-packed volume offers a visual feast for young gearheads.... The images that are the main attraction here, and interested kids will be entranced by the multiple color photos of machines at work on each page. A list of suggested activities closes each section and invites interactive fun, but this title will find its largest audience among young browsers, including preschoolers, who will simply want to flip through the pages again and again and lose themselves in this gallery of mechanical marvels.
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