Awesome Construction Machines

Ever wondered what is really happening inside a giant construction machine?

Awesome Construction Machines takes young readers inside 10 incredible machines that dig, push, lift, carry, compact, grade, mix, and tunnel through the earth.

Through colorful illustrations and easy-to-understand explanations, curious young readers can discover the parts, mechanisms, and engineering systems that make these powerful machines work.

Inside this visual STEM adventure, readers will:

• Explore 10 incredible construction machines
• Unlock their major parts and discover what each one does
• Look inside machines through detailed cutaway and exploded views
• Discover engines, hydraulics, cooling, electrical, and drive systems
• Follow how different components connect and work together
• Learn fascinating engineering facts and real-world applications
• Test their knowledge with fun challenges and activities
• Build their engineering vocabulary with an illustrated glossary

From excavators and bulldozers to cranes, motor graders, concrete mixer trucks, and tunnel boring machines, each chapter transforms a mighty machine into an exciting visual engineering lesson.

Explore. Discover. Learn.

Perfect for curious kids ages 9-12 who love construction machines, engineering, STEM, technology, and discovering how things work.