First book of diggers and dumpers by Isabel Thomas
Bloomsbury Transport Collection, A&CBlack, 2014. ISBN
9781408194584.
Recommended for readers from 5-7 years. Subjects: Heavy machinery,
Transport.
The Bloomsbury Transport Collection includes four non-fiction books
for children who are interested in emergency vehicles, bikes and
motorbikes, ships and boats and in heavy machinery - diggers and
dumpers.
Each page or two page spread is centred around a technical
illustration of one type of machine with clearly labelled machine
parts, a simple introduction and easy to read information in text
boxes. Thirty different machines from excavators, augers, dumpers,
backhoe loaders to refuse compactors are covered in this book.
A safety precaution on the Index page reminds the reader to have an
adult accompany them to look at the machines and not venture onto a
building site alone. At the back there is a Spotter's Guide include
for the enthusiast to record sightings of all this machinery. This
is a great addition to the library or personal collection of an
equipment and transport fan.
Rhyllis Bignell