The Great Big Book of Mighty Machines - by Jean Coppendale & Ian Graham (Hardcover)

About the Book

A richly illustrated book about the big machines kids love.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

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 read and understand. Brightly colored page edges draw eyes inward to the exciting full-color photos that fill the pages, many of them showing the featured vehicles in motion (and offering the occasional adult-pleasing tidbit, as with a potato harvester brand-named "Spudnik"). Both glossary and index are extensive, the youngest grease monkeys will feel completely fulfilled by the heft and breadth of this tome.-- "Kirkus Reviews" (12/1/2009 12:00:00 AM)

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.--Gillian Engberg "Booklist" (12/1/2009 12:00:00 AM)

About the Author

Jean Coppendale has been involved in children's book publishing for many years, producing, editing and writing both fiction and non-fiction, including several successful series.

Ian Graham is a science and technology expert. He has written more than 200 books on subjects ranging from space exploration and aircraft and military technology to astronomy, transportation and forensic science.