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Big Machines
(DK Readers: Level 1: Beginning to Read)
Big Machines by Karen Wallace shows diggers, dump trucks, and other machines as they transform an old factory site into a park for the community.
Big Machines by Karen Wallace shows diggers, dump trucks, and other machines as they transform an old factory site into a park for the community.
32 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2000
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
September 1, 2008
I'm a fan of DK books.
They're simple. They're informative. They're cheap. If your child is too young to read, they're perfectly good read-aloud books.
What more can you ask for when stocking your kid's library?
This one has a simple story indicating the steps it takes to turn a factory into a park. Plenty of new vocabulary for any child interested in construction - and I don't know of one kid who isn't ultimately interested in construction!
They're simple. They're informative. They're cheap. If your child is too young to read, they're perfectly good read-aloud books.
What more can you ask for when stocking your kid's library?
This one has a simple story indicating the steps it takes to turn a factory into a park. Plenty of new vocabulary for any child interested in construction - and I don't know of one kid who isn't ultimately interested in construction!
July 18, 2022
This is a great little book for beginning readers who love machinery or simply love to learn.
An old factory is knocked down so that a pond and park can be built in its place. The machines used are: a crane, a bulldozer, a loader, a dump truck, an excavator, a tipper truck, a concrete mixer truck, a water truck, a roller machine, a forklift truck, a big truck (transport truck).
Great illustrations.
An old factory is knocked down so that a pond and park can be built in its place. The machines used are: a crane, a bulldozer, a loader, a dump truck, an excavator, a tipper truck, a concrete mixer truck, a water truck, a roller machine, a forklift truck, a big truck (transport truck).
Great illustrations.
January 1, 2012
Should be titled Construction Trucks.
Great pictures. Short informative sentences.
I will probably check this one out again.
Great pictures. Short informative sentences.
I will probably check this one out again.
February 13, 2014
A fun approximately 2nd grade reading level reader dealing with the topic of construction trucks. A must for those kids that rubberneck their way past every construction site.
January 17, 2015
Big machines by Karen Wallace is a book with great pictures and descriptions of big machines early emergent readers
March 23, 2015
Good for little ones. My 7 year old son was given this at school and didn't enjoy it at all, said it was babyish. Hopefully my nephew will enjoy it, as he is much younger.
March 16, 2016
This was a gift to my grandson. He has a "thing" for big machines and loves to read and look that the pictures every night before bed.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews