Tons of Trucks!

Thanks to the street sweeper, our streets are swept clean. Watching this terrific truck at work is mesmerizing. Depending on the kind of truck, it may have high-power sprayers, brooms, vacuums, or other devices to scour and clean the streets. Readers will love the action photographs in this high-interest volume as well as the many cool facts about this magnificent machine through accessible, low-ATOS text.

Garbage trucks perform an essential job in our communities, hauling waste and keeping our communities clean. They're also fascinating to watch, as any young truck enthusiast will tell you. In recent years, they've become tremendously high-tech. This cool volume informs about the different kinds of garbage trucks and the special parts that help them function. Bright images support the dirty details and fun facts about refuse collection. The achievable, low-ATOS text is a motivating and entertaining experience for emerging readers.

It's easy to identify fire trucks with their bright red hue and loud wailing siren. You often hear them before you see them, but look closely and you'll notice there are many kinds of these lifesaving, fire-extinguishing vehicles. This high-interest volume will delight fire-truck fans, showing them many types of firefighting vehicles and the truck parts that help firefighters get the job done.

Mail trucks help deliver exciting letters and packages to our homes. Some delivery trucks are small, and some are quite large. Some travel very far in order to get the job done. Readers will learn about these special vehicles and imagine themselves in the driver's seat of a mail truck. Colorful images of different kinds of mail trucks accompany the simple and informative low-ATOS text and help readers decode unfamiliar terms, a practice that will help them hone their reading proficiency.

Did you know that dump trucks are called tippers in some countries? You and your readers will find out why. These useful trucks are the fascinating focus of this low-ATOS volume, which informs readers about different dump truck parts and why these vehicles are critical to so many construction projects. Eye-catching images of different kinds of dump trucks support new vocabulary terms and will motivate emerging readers as they hone their reading fluency with this accessible narrative.

There are many names for the powerful trucks we call big rigs. Semi, tractor-trailer, and eighteen-wheeler are just a few of them. No matter what they're called, young truck lovers are always amazed at their immense size. In this motivating and accessible book, readers learn many fun facts about big rigs through the informative low-ATOS text and carefully selected photographs, which support the more challenging vocabulary terms. The bright and colorful design will attract truck enthusiasts of all reading levels.

On a construction site, forklifts are essential machines. They carry tremendously heavy loads that could never be lifted by humans. Readers will love to see different types of these machines at work and how their various parts operate together to get the job done. Forklift photographs and low-ATOS text will answer their questions about these indispensable trucks in an accessible and comprehensible way.

Concrete mixers must keep mixing their load or the concrete will harden. These trucks are fascinating to watch as they move forward while the drum they carry turns around and around. Readers will love learning about this hardworking machine and why it's needed on so many construction projects. Low-ATOS text offers comprehensible explanations, and vibrant photographs add to this motivating book's appeal.

It's impossible not to stare at a car carrier cruising down a highway hauling multiple cars. Sometimes the cars seem to dangle off the carrier, but no need to worry. These vehicles are especially equipped to safely bring cars where they need to go. Fascinated readers will love to find out how carriers work and how people use them. Carefully selected photographs support the low-ATOS text and aid readers in deciphering and acquiring new vocabulary.

This book explores pickups with larger suspensions and big, big tires. Some monster trucks end up having so much personality that they're given special names. They may even compete for prizes in competitions. This high-interest volume has all the answers for monster-truck lovers, explained through accessible, low-ATOS text. Action photographs of on-the-go monster trucks will especially impress developing readers.

Ice cream trucks are the most popular vehicles among people looking for a cool, tasty treat. While many kids are familiar with what the outside of a truck looks like, they don't know what's on the inside or the many activities of an ice cream truck driver. This high-interest book has the answers, explained through low-ATOS text with supporting photographs of real-life ice cream trucks.

As long as there have been cars on the road, there have been mighty tow trucks to rescue them when they have broken down or were damaged in accidents. Young readers will love learning about these helpful, interesting vehicles through the cheerful text and colorful photographs in this high-interest low-ATOS book. They'll learn the names of tow truck parts and discover that different kinds of tow trucks are needed in different circumstances. Young auto fans will be thrilled with this book.