The Great Big Book of Mighty Machines

by Jean Coppendale and Ian Graham

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554075211
• ISBN13: 9781554075218
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.0" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

This book will grip the reader as closely as the tires on many of these vehicles grip the road! VRO

If you've one of those types of people who thinks anything on wheels from a Maserati to a monster truck rocks, you'll need only to open these pages for a WOW experience. Oh, for those of you who think anything in the sky or anything that floats on water, you'll find your WOW moments in here as well. This big book is full of mighty machines that will keep you ogling its pages for hours. Harley-Davidsons, "cycles that are sometimes called choppers" can often be seen on the streets. Some police officers use these because they can move easily in traffic. If you are a city person, you may not have seen much in the way of farm machinery, but if you live on a farm you'll be very familiar with equipment such as the crop sprayer. No matter what your passion, you will most likely find a machine that will interest you in these pages. You'll be able to look at many standing vehicles and get to take a look at many of them in action. VROOOOOM! You can look at trail bikes, motocross cycles, scooters, BMX bikes, hybrid cars, supercars like the Ferrari Enzo, off-road vehicles (can you say "Hummer?"), luxury cars, trains, helicopters, farm vehicles, fire trucks, fireboats, big machines like dump trucks, the NASA space shuttle and much more! Did you know that "the drum of a mixer truck holds 20 tons of concrete-the weight of 12 midsized family cars?" You'll learn a lot of interesting facts like this in "Mighty Machines." This book will grip the reader as closely as the tires on many of these vehicles grip the road. If you have a youngster who is into machinery of any sort, he or she will be mesmerized by this book. The basic categories include bikes, cars, trains, tractors, fire trucks, dump trucks, and monster trucks. Each section discusses the function of the vehicles and is accompanied by some great photographs. Some of the pics are stand alone, while others are action shots. The binding is solid and will hold up to a fair amount of page turning, a fact that will be inevitable with this sort of book. If you want to be a might popular person, at least until your youngster starts to read, you might want to add this one to your list!