Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

Ages 18 months and up. In rhyming text, Bulldozer and all his construction friends work together on the construction site, making lots of noise throughout the day. Sound panel attached to extended inside back cover is keyed to illustrations and text and produces sounds when buttons are pressed.

Demonstrates how the crane, bulldozer, dump truck, and other construction machines all play a part in building a new park.

Come to the construction site and read about the eight construction vehicles that rumble and boom their way through this book.

Told in rhyme, the big construction trucks are skeptical when Kid McGear the skid-steer shows up on the big construction site, after all a skid-steer is rather small--but when the big trucks run into trouble on a steep incline, Kid McGear proves that sometimes a small all-purpose truck may be just what is needed to save the day.

"Come on down to the construction site! Meet the mega machines that will help workers build a brand-new school"--Back cover.

Told in rhyming text, seven new road-building machines set out on a job--building, rolling, paving, and painting a brand new road.

"Top dog Duke leads a busy work crew to a new construction site. All sorts of dogs have plenty to do before the day is out. These clever dogs will dig, haul, push, plow, and even bring in a crane to build a new park. But what happens when they find something unexpected buried deep in the ground?"--Dust jacket.

It is Christmas Eve, and all the construction vehicles are finishing up work on the site, and when they leave they find that there is a special present waiting for each of them.

"In Concrete Mixers, emergent readers will learn about the parts and functions of a concrete mixer as well as why its drum has to keep turning. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover how a concrete is mixed, moved, and spread to create sidewalks and buildings. A labeled diagram helps readers identify different parts of a concrete mixer, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children...