Building, blasting and crushing! It's all in a day's work for front-end loaders, diggers and dozers! Huge shovels dig foundations, a towering crane builds a skyscraper, dynamite sends a smokestack crumbling to the ground, and a colossal crusher grinds up rock.

Introduces the many different types of excavators, their attachments, and the jobs they do.

"Teaches readers everything they want to know about excavators, from their important parts to the many jobs they help with on and off the construction site."--Adapted from publisher's description.

"Earth borers are huge, amazing tools that help build tunnels. Readers will dig deep underground with these massive machines to learn how they chew up rocks and dirt and help engineers build new things far below Earth's surface. Vibrant full-color photographs showcase these large borers and the tunnels they create, which are used by cars, trucks, and even trains to take people from place to place. This innovative title also looks at the environmental...

A vehicle is a machine that moves people and things from one place to another. Some vehicles also do work. Road building vehicles are needed to make the streets and highways so that other vehicles can travel on. Many different vehicles are needed to build a road and each does a different job. Some break up the ground to make pathways for new roads or repair old ones. Other vehicles load materials to make roads still others pave the roads. Learn...

Diggers are so exciting! Children can learn all about how they work.

"Your young readers will dig down into the world of digging machines with this exciting look at a popular kind of big, powerful machine. Through achievable text, they'll learn about machines that dig, dump, load, and lift things on construction sites. They'll discover the various parts of each machine and how they're used to get the job done easily and safely. Colorful illustrations peppered throughout this book keep readers interested and entertained...

Digger and his friends meet a hungry caterpillar who chooses Digger as its safe place to make a cocoon, making Digger cease his work to care for the small creature who surprises him and his friends.

"Simple text and supportive images introduce young readers to diggers. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade."