Rocks, Jeans, and Busy Machines: An Engineering Kids Storybook

By Alane Rivera and Raymundo Rivera

A trip to the park for 'Engineering Kids' Pedro and Violet turns into a learning adventure when they come upon a construction site. Violet teaches Pedro about concrete and how engineers use it. Pedro... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 098016950X
• ISBN13: 9780980169508
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Rivera Engineering
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7

Customer Reviews

A hit all round with children ages 5-9

"Rocks, Jeans, and Busy Machines: An Engineering Kids Storybook" is a colorful Engineering Kids Storybook about things that are made by structural engineers, and how they are built. Violet and her dog, Doc, along with friends Darla, Pedro, and Mike observe a construction site where workers are building a new building. They wear hard hats for safety while on the site. They learn about the recipe for concrete and the structural requirements for building a safe building. They also observe a bridge, and playground equipment that both are the work of structural engineers. Brightly colored illustrations make "Rocks, Jeans, and Busy Machines" a hit all round with children ages 5-9.