Big Machines

by Melanie Davis Jones

Land ho! These tractors, backhoes, pavers, and tall cranes are hard at work. Rookie Readers (Ages 5-7) have provided entertaining, high-quality introductions to reading for more than a generation. Each title features full-color, often hilarious illustrations and engaging stories that always involve a young child figuring out concepts or solving problems on his or her own. Kids can watch them do their jobs in the farmlands of America and on big construction sites.

Genres: Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[Asho · Rating 2 out of 5]

As the Goodreads star rating says, "It was okay." I checked this out for my son to encourage him to do some reading during summer break (I read to him daily and he's a big bookworm, but getting him to read aloud to me is sometimes a struggle when he would really just prefer to cuddle and be read to. I get it, buddy!). Anyway, I can always count on machines to get him interested, and this book was no exception. He had a lot of questions about the pictures, and if anything he was frustrated that the simple text didn't give him all the details he wanted to know about what each machine was doing. There were a few challenging words here, but nothing he couldn't figure out using phonics and context clues from the pictures.

[Schmobes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good level 1. Kiddo likes trucks and cranes and bulldozers, so it seemed a good choice. He only sort of liked it. We read it today before we returned it to the library, and it was only the second time it appeared. There are others we have read 6 or 7 times each. The pictures are very unique, though!

[Kimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 4 & 5 year old both got a kick out of the claymation illustrations and liked the story too. This is a great book for an early reader. My kids felt so excited that they could read some of the words, we echo read the rest.