Rumble! Roar! Beep! Kaboom! If you're the kind of kid who can't resist a construction site--the roar of big trucks, giant piles of dirt, and super-tall cranes lifting bundles of steel high in the air--this book is for you! Inside, you'll find 100 all-new puzzles, starring diggers, loaders, dumpers, lifters, and many more kinds of work vehicles. You can bulldoze your way through a maze, dump a load of letters into a crisscross, mix up some words in a scramble, or load the correct answer in a math puzzle. There are codes to crack, dots to connect, and words to criss-cross. Get behind the wheel with fun puzzles like: Floating Cranes Junk Pile Giant Jobs Twisted Skidders Push Me, Pull You Put on your hard hat, grab a pencil, and join us at the construction site.
Big fun calls for big machines--just like the ones in this activity book! Enjoy over 100 action-packed activities and puzzles in one book, featuring favorite John Deere machines like the tractor, dump truck, and bulldozer! Lead the loader through the maze, help the excavator make its way through a busy construction site, or spot items out of place that don't belong on the busy farm. Through construction clutter, funny farms, material mix-ups, farm harvests, and the big dig, children will love following their favorite vehicles. Down the roads, through town, around the farm, and on the job-sites, the combine, excavator, and monster trucks are ready for adventures and completing fun activities as they go. This puzzle book of mazes, explore and find, spot the difference, hidden objects, and more will excite all little John Deere fans! Preschoolers and school-age children will love working through these games. John Deere Kids children's books recognize that the preschoolers of today are the farmers, builders, and innovators of tomorrow. Content and formats are based on the legacy of a long-loved company that encourages kids to play in backyards, to dig in the dirt, get muddy, and learn where food and shelter come from. Are you up for these mega jobs? Loaded with fun activities including search and find, coloring, drawing, activity puzzles, mazes, matching, doodling, counting, dot-to-dot, and more! Practice simple concepts like counting, matching, and opposites, while increasing logic, visual thinking, fine-motor skills, and hand-eye coordination skills Slip into a backpack or bag with some crayons or markers and make this a quick on-the-go activity and screen-free entertainment for kids Designed for a variety of age levels, Mega Machines can be enjoyed by preschoolers, kindergartners, and school-age children. Young children, 4-6 will enjoy drawing, mazes and matching, and following visual interaction, while older children 6-8 can enjoy reading the prompts and following simple directions to complete the challenges and activities. Thick pages allow for crayon or marker interaction without tearing the page. Answer key located in the back.
Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.
"What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands." Billy Bragg from the bookjacket.
Provides hours of entertainment! The Everything KIDS' Animal Puzzle and Activity Book is jam-packed with creative games and exciting activities designed to take kids on a wild tour across frozen tundras and wet jungles, where they'll encounter everything from penguins and mountain goats to leopards and pandas. Among the dozens of puzzle and game themes: Ocean animals Dessert animals Farm animals Extinct and endangered animals The perfect companion for a wild imagination, The Everything KIDS' Animal Puzzle and Activity Book paves the way for a totally untamed adventure!
Do you have what it takes to be a tough truck? Rev up those engines with Hensel and Gretel authors Corey Rosen Schwartz & Rebecca Gomez and Will Bear Share? creator Hilary Leung! Two trucks off to school for their first day of class. One riding the brakes. One hitting the gas.Mack and Rig couldn't be more different.One loves the fast lane. The other, the off-ramp.But when they're forced to pair up on their first day of school, can Mack and Rig figure out a way to get along and learn what it really means to be a tough truck?Get ready to vroom and zoom your way to fun and friendship with these two lovable and tough trucks!
For readers of such crusading works of nonfiction as Katherine Boo’s Beyond the Beautiful Forevers and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains comes a powerful and captivating examination of two entwined global crises: environmental destruction and human trafficking—and an inspiring, bold plan for how we can solve them. A leading expert on modern-day slavery, Kevin Bales has traveled to some of the world’s most dangerous places documenting and battling human trafficking. In the course of his reporting, Bales began to notice a pattern emerging: Where slavery existed, so did massive, unchecked environmental destruction. But why? Bales set off to find the answer in a fascinating and moving journey that took him into the lives of modern-day slaves and along a supply chain that leads directly to the cellphones in our pockets. What he discovered is that even as it destroys individuals, families, and communities, new forms of slavery that proliferate in the world’s lawless zones also pose a grave threat to the environment. Simply put, modern-day slavery is destroying the planet. The product of seven years of travel and research, Blood and Earth brings us dramatic stories from the world’s most beautiful and tragic places, the environmental and human-rights hotspots where this crisis is concentrated. But it also tells the stories of some of the most common products we all consume—from computers to shrimp to jewelry—whose origins are found in these same places. Blood and Earth calls on us to recognize the grievous harm we have done to one another, put an end to it, and recommit to repairing the world. This is a clear-eyed and inspiring book that suggests how we can begin the work of healing humanity and the planet we share. Praise for Blood and Earth “A heart-wrenching narrative . . . Weaving together interviews, history, and statistics, the author shines a light on how the poverty, chaos, wars, and government corruption create the perfect storm where slavery flourishes and environmental destruction follows. . . . A clear-eyed account of man’s inhumanity to man and Earth. Read it to get informed, and then take action.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “[An] exposé of the global economy’s ‘deadly dance’ between slavery and environmental disaster . . . Based on extensive travels through eastern Congo’s mineral mines, Bangladeshi fisheries, Ghanian gold mines, and Brazilian forests, Bales reveals the appalling truth in graphic detail. . . . Readers will be deeply disturbed to learn how the links connecting slavery, environmental issues, and modern convenience are forged.”—Publishers Weekly “This well-researched and vivid book studies the connection between slavery and environmental destruction, and what it will take to end both.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review) “This is a remarkable book, demonstrating once more the deep links between the ongoing degradation of the planet and the ongoing degradation of its most vulnerable people. It’s a bracing reminder that a mentality that allows throwaway people also allows a throwaway earth.”—Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
From the #1 bestselling author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" comes the ultimate guide to real estate--the advice and techniques every investor needs to navigate through the ups, downs, and in-betweens of the market.
Building on experience from 60 countries worth of independent travel, the author takes you on three journeys to places you may never have considered visiting, although you probably should and you definitely could. Learn about a low-budget cruise to Antarctica, understand what the Trans-Siberian Railway really is like, enjoy the natural wonders of Southern Africa. The book is a fun read, but you will also learn about far-away destinations and about how to travel independently anywhere. It's not a travel guide or a travel journal, it's both!More details, including free downloads, available from http://bjornfree.com/