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Big Book of Machines

Series: Big Books
Brief Description
Huge fold-out pages show some of the biggest and most powerful machines ever made, from giant excavators and monster trucks to enormous ships. Children can discover how many people the biggest passenger plane can carry, facts about giant tractors, and how fast the fastest train can... Read More
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Description

Huge fold-out pages show some of the biggest and most powerful machines ever made, from giant excavators and monster trucks to enormous ships. Children can discover how many people the biggest passenger plane can carry, facts about giant tractors, and how fast the fastest train can go.

Big Book of Machines includes links to video clips to watch big machines at work.

Product Details

INFORMATION

Barcode: 9781835409718

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Board book

Date Published: 14 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Gabriele Antonini

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Length: 10.0mm

Width: 242.0mm

Height: 291.0mm

Weight: 526g

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About the Author

Since joining Usborne, Minna has written books on everything from pirates and gladiators to jungles and oceans. She studied Maths and Philosophy at university and previously worked as a journalist and illustrator in London, Bogota and New York. In her spare time, she loves writing stories, drawing and playing the guitar.

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