Demolition
What's even more exciting to preschoolers than seeing big machines that build things? Watching the massive ones that tear them down!Crush the stone. Crush the stone. Chip and grind and munch. Make new concrete from the old. Whirr! Churr! Crunch!From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack! )...
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What's even more exciting to preschoolers than seeing big machines that build things? Watching the massive ones that tear them down!Crush the stone. Crush the stone. Chip and grind and munch. Make new concrete from the old. Whirr! Churr! Crunch!From the huge crane with a swinging ball (crack! ) to the toothy jaws that ram the walls (thwock! ), this rambunctious demolition, reverberating with sound words, is guaranteed to have small kids rapt. Bright spreads showcase the gargantuan machines in all their glory, and a pictorial glossary explains what each one can do.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780763658304 (0763658308)
Publish date: February 14th 2012
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
I like this as an example of a concept book. Like Machines at Work by Byron Barton or Machines Go to Work in the City, by William Low--but this one just focuses on demolition. The one page of back matter describes in labeled diagram the specific tools used for the job in the story. The text uses ono...
From my 5 year old son Ben:It was good! I would give it 10 stars! I liked reading about the construction site because I like construction. I liked how they painted the pictures. From my 2 year old son Eli:He kept repeating the sounds from each page (Rip! Roar!, etc) and laughing and he kept point...
BANG! CLANG! CRACK! RIP! ROAR! CRASH! Machines tear down a bulding and a playground is built in its place. Great read aloud for preschoolers.
Perfect for any truck or train loving little boy, this is the story of demolition. Whether by crane or by swinging ball, a building comes down with verse full of interesting action words that will make for a fun read aloud.
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