This book is about the story of modern machines, and how they do the world’s work. We shall see how raw materials, such as metals, wool and cotton fibers, and

Open out the giant fold-out pages to find out about some of the world's biggest, strongest and tallest machines. Full of the world’s biggest machines found on

Introduces six simple machines, describing how they work in more complex machinery and how they are used every day.

For those who know... that something is going on... The witnesses are legion, scattered across the world and dotted through history, people who looked up and sa

Discover machines on the building site, at home and in the playground in First Explorers: Machines. Each scene has chunky push, pull and slide mechanisms perfec