Lynn Peppas
3) Cranes
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How are the tallest buildings built? How do the biggest boats get into the water? The crane, also known as a bridge or overhead crane, is the large machine used for these big, tall jobs. Children will learn about the different types and sizes of cranes and how they perform; how a crane is a vehicle; and why the crane provides power that people and animals cannot.
12) Tractors at work
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Explains what tractors are and the many jobs they do, examines the power and parts of a tractor, and describes different types of tractors. Includes color photographs.
13) Gulf oil spill
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This up-to-date new book describes the alarming events of 2010 after an oil rig toppled over in the Gulf of Mexico releasing millions of gallons of oil into the water. The largest accidental oil spill in history, it killed untold numbers of wildlife, poisoned over a hundred miles of coastal land, and devastated the commercial fishing and tourism industries in an area still reeling from the destruction wreaked by Hurricane Katrina.