I needed a book for my child study. He is a little boy and really into trucks and trains. We are starting our writing unit and he seems to not like writing, so I'm going to try to come at it from a different way using nonfiction books. It has really cool pictures of each of the trucks and giving a good description of what each on is used for, in a kid friendly way. All the machines were things that are used in construction and farming, among other things so they are all familiar. It gives multiple interesting facts about the equipment and describes what each part (tires, bucket, how to drive it, and all the other amenities) and how it works. Weight is an important factor to the machines, how much it can lift, how much it can push, etc. It breaks it into pounds but pounds don't mean much to a little kid, so it breaks it down into something common, such as three cows or 46 elephants. I think this would be a great free reading book, where kids could pull it off the shelf and grab a buddy and talk about it and make personal connections. The book also comes with a DVD, so it is very interactive. I feel that my little child study would have a blast with it. There were things in the book that I didn't even know. I think that's the cool thing about kid's nonfiction books is that people from any age can learn something from them.
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