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    Time to Explore Big Machines

    With a Foldout Surprise!

    Part of Time to Explore

    Author Andrea Mills
    Illustrated by Diego Vaisberg
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    DK. | DK Children
    On sale May 12, 2026 | 32 Pages | 9798217311842
    Up to Kindergarten
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    Follow 13 big machines as they set to work and get building!

    With charming illustrations, narrative text, and key terms highlighted on each page, this book offers an introduction to the world of big machines for young children. From backhoes and dump trucks to concrete mixers and cranes, every child’s favorite is featured here!

    At the beginning, a two-page illustration opens up to reveal a building site. Turn the page and see the big machines move in – one by one – and get to work! See the demolition truck knocking down an abandoned building, a bulldozer clearing the site, and a dump truck taking the rubble away. And so we watch as a new building takes shape, until a gatefold opens to reveal the apartment building completed.

    Accompanying the narrative text are lots of fun details to look out for in each scene – from a bird building its nest to a mischievous squirrel hiding nuts in the cement mixer! Turn to the gatefold - all the big machines are driving off – their work is done!
    Andrea Mills has written a variety of children’s books for DK, from readers to books in the DK Findout! series. Some of her books include Mythical Beasts, Findout! Bugs, and The Everything Book of Cats and Kittens. View titles by Andrea Mills
    Diego Vaisberg View titles by Diego Vaisberg

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    Follow 13 big machines as they set to work and get building!

    With charming illustrations, narrative text, and key terms highlighted on each page, this book offers an introduction to the world of big machines for young children. From backhoes and dump trucks to concrete mixers and cranes, every child’s favorite is featured here!

    At the beginning, a two-page illustration opens up to reveal a building site. Turn the page and see the big machines move in – one by one – and get to work! See the demolition truck knocking down an abandoned building, a bulldozer clearing the site, and a dump truck taking the rubble away. And so we watch as a new building takes shape, until a gatefold opens to reveal the apartment building completed.

    Accompanying the narrative text are lots of fun details to look out for in each scene – from a bird building its nest to a mischievous squirrel hiding nuts in the cement mixer! Turn to the gatefold - all the big machines are driving off – their work is done!

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    Andrea Mills has written a variety of children’s books for DK, from readers to books in the DK Findout! series. Some of her books include Mythical Beasts, Findout! Bugs, and The Everything Book of Cats and Kittens. View titles by Andrea Mills
    Diego Vaisberg View titles by Diego Vaisberg

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