Dump Trucks and Other Big Machines


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More mighty machines in full color for the kids who love them.




My Big Dump Truck


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Boys love reading about busy construction sites and big work machines, and this colorful book on the many jobs the mighty dump truck and other construction vehicles do is sure to please young readers. Whether it’s building a road or a playground, dump trucks—along with bulldozers, backhoes, front loaders, graders, and steamrollers get the job done. With highly detailed artwork and informative text, My Big Dump Truck, young boys will enjoy visiting a busy construction site and seeing these powerful machines in action. With learning activities throughout the book, My Big Dump Truck delivers a truckload of reading fun. And the die-cut handle lets kids take their “dump truck” everywhere they go!




Monster Dump Trucks


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There are dump trucks with tires as high as two grown men! These enormous trucks could never share a street with other vehicles. This explains why Òoff-roadÓ is how they roll. They are built for construction sites. Check out some massive dumpers in this title.




My Big Book of Trucks and Diggers


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Bulldozers! Excavators! Dump trucks! All of the very biggest trucks are in here! This book offers an up-close look at ten amazing machines that dig, scoop, lift, and more. Toddlers will also learn the words for all of the very important parts that help the big trucks and diggers go.




The Little Dump Truck


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A happy little dump truck, driven by Hard Hat Pete, hauls stones, rocks, and debris from a construction site to a landfill.




What Does It Do? Dump Truck


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Sometimes a regular pickup truck just isn't strong enough. Luckily, we have dump trucks to handle the heavy loads. Readers will learn how dump trucks are used to haul rocks, trash, and building materials at mining and construction sites.




Mighty Machines (Ripley's Believe It Or Not!)


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Mighty Machines introduces you to a whole range of amazing machinery, robots and vehicles, complete with fantastic facts and incredible stories. Meet Robosaurus, the 12 metre-high robot that can lift, crush, burn and bite, or the extraordinary Harley Davidson motorbike that looks just like a cheeseburger. Informative, off-beat and fun, this lavishly illustrated book will appeal to even the most reluctant of readers.




Dump Trucks and Other Big Machines


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What kid doesn't love dump trucks? And diggers, loaders, bulldozers, and big spinning concrete mixers? There are also mighty machines that kids might not see. Rock-eating tunnelers used underground, roadbuilders and pavers used at night, and enormous




Big Machines Drive!


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These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines you can drive including monster trucks, tractors, and giant motorbikes. Find out which driving machine is the mightiest of them all!




The Everything Guide to Informational Texts, K-2


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Your resource for best texts and best practices! Kathy Barclay and Laura Stewart have written the book that teachers like you have been pleading for—a resource that delivers the “what I need to know ” to engage kids in a significant amount of informational text reading experiences. No filler, no lofty ideals about college and career readiness, but instead, the information on how to find lesson-worthy texts and create developmentally appropriate instructional plans that truly help young readers comprehend grade-level texts. What you’ll love most: The how-to’s on selecting informational texts High-impact comprehension strategies Model text lessons and lesson plan templates An annotated list of 449 informational texts