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3) Demolition
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Illustrations and rhyming text show the enormous and powerful machines that are used to demolish a building so that a playground can be built.
4) Big machines
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A simple introduction to big machines--tractors, backhoes, pavers, and cranes--and how they work.
9) Dig!
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Follows Mr. Rally and his dog, Lightning, as they travel the town on a big yellow digging machine, taking care of five important jobs.
10) Machines at work
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During a busy day at the construction site, the workers use a variety of machines to knock down a building and begin constructing a new one.
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What if you had a machine that did everything? One that cleaned your house, mowed your lawn, scratched your back, even colored your coloring books? That's what the people of Planet Quirk had. And for them, life was so easy that on most days they didn't even have to get out of bed. But on one fateful day, the machine stopped working.
15) Build!
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"Bulldozers, dump trucks, and cranes are just a few of the vehicles working together in these pages to build something incredible. The payloader makes the hole for the foundation ("DIG"), the semi-loader brings in the huge blocks ("HAUL"), and the crane lifts them up ("HOIST"). But is this a real construction site, or a boy's backyard? And after the structure is done, what happens next? Yes, the inevitable: he makes it all tumble down and is ready...
16) Bigger than you
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"A group of young dinosaurs builds a seesaw and takes turns playing on it until the bossy, big, and TERRIBLE Tyrannosaurus interrupts their game in a fit of temper. All ends well, though, when Mom steps in and encourages a peaceful and a productive end to the conflict. Hyewon Kyung's detailed and humorous illustrations will capture the attention of dinosaur fans, and a dinosaur information chart and educational backmatter about simple machines make...
17) Dig, dump, roll
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"Crash-a-rumble. Smash-a-grumble. What's at work? Here's a clue: It will clear the ground for you. Bulldozer! Coming through! Showing all the trucks and machinery that are used to build a school."--
18) Hogwash
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Illustrations without words depict the enormous and complicated contraption that Mama Pig uses to get her little piglets clean.
19) Dazzling diggers
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Animals operate digging machines that scoop, lift, move rubble, squish through mud, and help buildings tower up tall.
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"Mr. King likes pretty things. He also likes machines. So when he discovers a flower that has been nibbled by a caterpillar, he builds himself a Caterpillar-Catcher. Off he zooms--unaware that his machine is filling the sky with smoke and that his friends are calling him to stop! When he finally does, his friends are not happy. But with some imagination, Mr. King figures out a way to green his machine--and the world around him!"--