C is for Construction: Big Trucks and Diggers from A to Z (Caterpillar) [Hardcover]

Caterpillar (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up | Series: Caterpillar

Exciting photographs are paired with cool facts and simple explanations in this earthmoving ABC. Kids love trucks and diggers and this alphabet book has all their favorites, from the speedy skid steer loader to the giant 797 off-highway truck (one of the biggest trucks in the world!). Seeing real Cat machines at work, digging, hauling, dumping, and lifting, puts young readers right there on the construction site in the middle of the action. (No hard hats necessary!)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081184028X
• ISBN-13: 978-0811840286
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Though a Commercial for the Cat, It Is Great for Children, September 14, 2003

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DeeDee Currier "drd2c2" (MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C is for Construction: Big Trucks and Diggers from A to Z (Caterpillar) (Hardcover)

There are children, yes-- both boys and girls, that are extremely fascinated by large and very capable machines. In fact, if you are a parent who has to stop at every pit, new road, or excavation because you have a child who says, "Mom!/Dad!, STOP!!! I want to look at this," this book is for your family.

Children see major equipment all the time. ... Because Caterpillar had the wisdom to put these machines in a context at their level (i.e. learning the alphabet because a BIG machine begins with the letter), it makes it easier for parents and educators to help children learn the reasons why to learn to read. Each letter of the alphabet has a giant Caterpillar machine or some aspect of it that goes with it. The page features a photograph of the machine or the part with an easily understood description of it.

Caterpillar, the company, is featured in this alphabet book and I never thought this would happen. They saw the connection to children. ... I am sending this alphabet book to children of the children who grew up with sandboxes with toy equipment to move the sand around.

Though a commercial for the Cat, it is great for children. It's good! It belongs in elementary school libraries and in the home libraries of busy boys and girls. Active sandboxes demand it. . . and so do future civil engineers!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT- even for my 2 year old son!, November 28, 2005

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NIU mom "Teacher and Mom" (DeKalb Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C is for Construction: Big Trucks and Diggers from A to Z (Caterpillar) (Hardcover)

If you are tired of all the cartoon-like, euphemistic, personified, books depicting cars/trucks/machines with smiley faces then this book is for you. My 2 year old is intrigued by the real machines he sees in the book that is also represented to him in his everyday environment. This book is definitly for older children but like I said- even younger ones will love it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! A new favorite, July 25, 2005

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J. C Collins "spencers mom" (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C Is for Construction: Big Trucks and Diggers from A to Z (Caterpillar) (Hardcover)

We checked out this book from the library for the past 4 weeks and now I'm on here to buy it. My son LOVES it and we read it at least 2-3 times a day! It's great for the letters but also for any little one that loves construction trucks.