An introduction to the characteristics and functions of very large machines such as cranes, tractors, trailer trucks, oil tankers, aircraft carriers, and others.

With pop-up pictures and text, readers can learn how fun it would be to be pilot, captain of a submarine, or a train conductor.

Part of a series, which shows readers how to research and create their own science projects. Each experiment includes information on planning, preparation, skill level, materials needed, cost and details for background research. This title also addresses the analysis and interpretation of experiments and the importance of safety.

Product Description: This series shows readers how to research and create their own science projects with examples building in complexity.Each title provides an overview of the scientific method with tips as to how a student can best create a science project...read more

From freight trains to stunt planes, supercars to space shuttles, this book takes an in-depth look at the world's toughest and most sophisticated machines. It includes detailed explanations of how machines work and fact boxes which deliver mind-blowing statistics.

Product Description: WOW! Trivia fans will find record breakers of every shape and size in these incredible new World of Wonder books - introducing some of the most intriguing, amazing, fascinating, and surprising people, places, and things in the universe.

Product Description: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Mighty Machines is an exciting non-fiction reference book for children. This title features astonishing facts and photographs as well as jaw-dropping Ripley’s Believe It or Not! stories about engineering marvels...read more

Product Description: Featuring an exciting countdown from 10th place to the number-one spot and ranked by an “Extreme Score,” this engaging series offers young readers fun, detailed facts about some of the craziest, most dangerous, innovative and interesting things that have ever existed...read more

Product Description: From garbage barges to dump trucks, this book gives facts and figures on the dirtiest vehicles in the world, and shows how these extreme machines help us do jobs that cleaner and sleeker vehicles can't do.

Product Description: This book gives facts and figures on the toughest vehicles in the world, from bulletproof cars to military tanks.

Technology is catching up to science fiction with extreme machines, as you'll read about in this fast-paced series. Some of the world's biggest, toughest, and otherwise most extreme vehicles are explored in these titles, from race cars and military aircraft to hovercrafts and spaceships.

Product Description: This book gives facts and figures on the biggest vehicles in the world, from rocket transporters to aircraft carriers.

A uniquely fun Ripley’s Believe It or Not! way of looking at traditional subject matter with a Ripley's twist!Feeling the need for speed? Wish that your father's car was bigger than anyone else's? Perhaps robots are more your thing? Humans have invented some mighty machines that let us go faster than ever before, reach other planets, soar through the skies, or simply attract attention from unsuspecting passers-by. Take a trip around your favorite mechanical and moving things with this fun but factual book. Learn about the science of flight, put some wind in your sails, and boost your va-va-voom with special Ripley's fascinating facts and amazing "Believe It or Not!" stories from around the world. What are you waiting for? Off you go! This series will delight every inquisitive child with its mix of clear core factual information and Ripley's stories and images about the weird and wacky in our world today

This amazing book utilizes real-size photographs to teach young learners about simple machines.  Instead of explaining in words alone how machines look and function, this book conveys information about scale, proportion, and use with accurately-sized photographs. Simple, leveled text helps readers access this information and build vocabulary.

Product Description: Providing an early introduction to STEM education, this book uses simple text and labeled photographs to examine a wide range of exciting machines used on the road, revealing how each machine solves a particular problem. Machines covered include bicycles, motorbikes, cars, trucks, fire trucks, garbage trucks, maintenance vehicles, and more...read more