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The Little Dump Truck

Margery Cuyler - Henry Holt
Format: Print book

Meet Hard Hat Pete and his little dump truck as they haul stones and rocks, carry debris, and unload at the landfill. It's hard work, but the little dump truck is ready for action. Preschool children will revel in the day-to-day activities of this mighty dump truck. The lyrical text, bright...
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Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

Sherri Duskey Rinker - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestsellerAs the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest - so they'll be ready for another day of rough...
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The Night Worker

Kate Banks - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Going to the job site with DadWhen darkness falls and bedtime comes, Papa tucks Alex in, then puts on his hard hat and goes to work. Papa is an engineer who works at night. "Take me with you," Alex says. "Not tonight," says Papa. But one night Papa has a surprise -- a hard...
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The House in the Meadow

Shutta Crum - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Over in the meadow there's a spring wedding, with the couple's 10 best friends to celebrate. What's next? A house! 9 diggers, 8 masons, 7 carpenters, 6 well diggers, etc. show up with all their trucks and tools to build a new house.
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Princess Me

Karma Wilson - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Make way! Make way! Here comes the princess of the land. She's sweet and kind. She's oh-so-grand. And just who is she, this lovely Princess Me? Come inside this book to see! A child's bedroom is transformed into a magical kingdom in this bright, lively offering...
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Construction Countdown

K C Olson - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Hardcover

Ten mighty dump trucks rolling down the road.Nine earthmovers scraping up a load . . .Count down from ten to one with the busy construction trucks!Something wonderful is going on, and every kind of truck has an important job. But what are all those bulldozers and backhoes...
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One Big Building: A Counting Book About Construction

Michael Dahl - Nonfiction Picture Books
Format: Print book

A counting book that follows the construction of a building, from one plan to twelve stories. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers on an illustrated activity page.
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Dig!

David Clemesha - HMH Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Dig up rock and dig up clay! Dig up dirt and dig all day! Mr. Rally and his faithful dog, Lightning, have a busy day ahead of them, but they don't mind. What could be more fun than using a big yellow backhoe to build a pool at the school and a drain for the rain? Follow Mr. Rally through...
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Good Morning, Digger

Anne Rockwell - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Good morning, Digger - big and strong and yellow. Early this morning I heard you call. "Grrr-clank! Grrr-clank! Grrr-clank-clank!" What could be more exciting to a young child than the rumbling and rolling of enormous construction trucks? When they stop . . . right on your street!...
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Building with Dad

Carol Nevius - Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

A little boy joins his father at a construction siteDad’s helping to build a new school, and he takes his son to watch its progress. They see lots of machines at work: a dump truck, a backhoe, an earthmover, a giant grader, a steamroller, a cement mixer, a crane, and more. Finally,...
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The Construction Alphabet Book

Jerry Pallotta - Charlesbridge; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Smash! Crash! Ka-boom!A is for Aerial lift.B is for Backhoe.C is for Cement Mixer.Readers explore construction equipment in this noisy alphabet book. Jerry Pallotta's trademark humor punctuates the informative text. Vibrant oil paintings bring to life a busy construction site.
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I Love Tools!

Philemon Sturges - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Tools can cut things apart . . . . . . or put them back together again.You can use tools to make almost anything!From the clamps that hold down the wood for the very first cut through the paintbrush that adds the finishing touches, this book is full of useful tools! Young readers will love...
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Who Made This Cake?

Chihiro Nakagawa - Front Street
Format: Hardcover

Little people use BIG machines to make a GIANT birthday cake! Imagine an industrialized Lilliput. Imagine today. Imagine an enormous construction site. Imagine a birthday cake like no other. What if the people you order your next birthday cake from are tiny, and what if they build cakes...
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Roadwork

Sally Sutton - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Every preschooler who is mad for machines will revel in this bright, boisterous picture book about the exciting process of building a road."Load the dirt. Load the dirt. Scoop and swing and drop. Slam it down into the truck. Bump! Whump! Whop!"There are many big machines and busy...
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The Little Dump Truck

Margery Cuyler - Henry Holt
Format: Print book

Meet Hard Hat Pete and his little dump truck as they haul stones and rocks, carry debris, and unload at the landfill. It's hard work, but the little dump truck is ready for action. Preschool children will revel in the day-to-day activities of this mighty dump truck. The lyrical text, bright...
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Welcome Home, Mouse

Elisa Kleven - Tricycle Press
Format: Hardcover

Stanley loves to help, but sometimes he gets so excited he makes mistakes. While running errands for his mom—CRASH—Stanley bounces his ball right on top of Mouse’s house, smashing it to smithereens. Stanley wants to make up for what he’s done, but how? In Elisa Kleven’s...
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Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

Sherri Duskey Rinker - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestsellerAs the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest - so they'll be ready for another day of rough...
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Job Site

Nathan Clement - Boyds Mills Press
Format: Hardcover

Bring in the big rigs! Shiny, huge, heavy machinery rolls onto the job site. At the command of the Boss, the work beings, Digging, lifting, carrying, dumping, moving, and shaping are important tasks to accomplish. In this exciting follow-up to the critically acclaimed Drive, Nathan Clement...
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Demolition

Sally Sutton - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Whats 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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Digger and Tom!

Sebastien Braun - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Sebastien Braun follows up Toot and Pop! with Digger and Tom!, another brightly colored picture book featuring vehicles preschool kids love. Digger and Tom! is set at a construction site. Little Digger is eager to help with the work, but all the other construction vehicles are bigger and make...
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