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English
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Bridges, towers, castles, and all sorts of iconic and bizarre structures are jam-packed into Totally Amazing Facts About Stuff We've Built. Eye-catching photos and more than 100 facts will send trivia fans and reluctant readers on a wild architecture tour around the world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Smash! Crash! Ka-boom! A is for Aerial lift. B is for Backhoe. C is for Cement Mixer. Readers explore construction equipment in this noisy alphabet book. Jerry Pallotta's trademark humor punctuates the informative text. Vibrant oil paintings bring to life a busy construction site.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 790L
Language
English
Description
Put on your hard hat and step inside the construction zone: you're invited on a virtual tour of a building in progress. Put on your hard hat and step inside CONSTRUCTION ZONE! Caution! Construction zone ahead! Anyone who has ever stopped to watch a big building going up - and who hasn't? - will be thrilled by this behind-the-scenes look at an amazing construction project. Young readers are invited to come on a virtual tour of a building in progress,...
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English
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With this title, young makers will learn how to get inspired, problem-solve, and collaborate with others as they take on four architecture challenges, including constructing their dream playground and building a tiny house for a pet. Like a real architect, they ll have to meet demands while staying within limits. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO....
13) Building
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the process of construction, step-by-step, from clearing the site to cleaning up the finished building.
16) Machines at work
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1987]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Depicts a busy day at the construction site, as the workers use a variety of machines to knock down a building and begin constructing a new one.
17) Hard hat zone
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the activity at a construction site and the heavy equipment needed to accomplish the various tasks involved in building a skyscraper.
18) Nidos
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
Muestra muchos animales diferentes que viven en nidos.
Showcases many different animals that live in nests.
19) Super structures
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
c1996
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
44 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes, in text and illustrations, the technological challenges involved in the design and construction of skyscrapers, oil rigs, nuclear reactors, and other complicated structures.
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Series
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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What can we spot on the construction site today? Shine a light behind the page and see... From the crane driver high up in his cab and engineers digging deep underground, to bulldozers and all kinds of machines, each page-turn will take you behind the scenes of a busy construction site.
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