We Deliver It!

As evening comes, the cows on a dairy farm are being milked. Standing by is a milk tanker truck and its driver. Gallons of milk are loaded onto the truck, then the driver faces a long, nighttime drive to deliver the liquid load to a factory so the milk can be on the supermarket shelves tomorrow. In this book, meet the men and women who drive milk tankers and learn all about this important and highly skilled job. • Sit behind the wheel of a tanker truck as it navigates narrow tracks and country lanes to visit farms. • Discover how computers and a miniature onboard laboratory are used by the driver to test the quality of the milk. • And join the driver as they unload at a vast plant where the milk is treated and poured into cartons or made into products such as cheese and yogurt. Filled with photos, this book is perfect for supporting social studies topics such as "The Jobs People Do" and "People in Our Communities Who Help Us."

When you need to move a yacht, a building, a train carriage, a wind turbine, or even a space shuttle, who do you call? An oversize load truck driver and their supersize truck! In this fascinating book, young readers will get on the road with the men and women who move truly gigantic loads from A to B. Readers will learn what it's like to drive a load that fills a highway. And they will discover how these drivers plan their routes and liaise with outriders and police escorts who warn other vehicles that the giant load is approaching.

They're big. They're tough. And when rocks, sand, gravel, or dirt need moving, they're the perfect truck for the job! In this book, readers will discover all about dump trucks and the men and women who drive them. • Learn about the machinery and technology that allows these trucks to deliver and tip tons of rocky materials. • Discover how dump trucks are able to travel over rough, bumpy terrain thanks to their super-strong, giant tires. • Join a dump truck driver as they visit a quarry to collect materials and then deliver them to a construction site. • And see dump trucks working in partnership with diggers to remove huge quantities of soil from an area of land where a new freeway is being constructed. Filled with photos, this book is a fascinating read for all truck fans and young readers who prefer factual books. It's also perfect for supporting social studies topics such as "The Jobs People Do" and "People in Our Communities Who Help Us."

Without tanker truck drivers, there would be no cars, vans, trucks, or buses on the road. Tanker truck drivers are the men and women who deliver fuel to gas stations and other places where drivers can fill up their vehicles. Driving a truck that carries enough liquid to fill 125 bathtubs is a highly skilled job. And when that liquid could catch fire and explode, there are lots of safety rules that every driver must follow. • In this book, young readers will join drivers on the road and at gas stations. • Readers will discover that there is a lot more to this job than simply driving a truck, as drivers explain how they use long, heavy hoses to fill up huge, underground tanks with fuel. • They will join a tanker as it is escorted through a tunnel by police officers. • And they will find out lots of facts about fuel tanker trucks. Filled with photos, this book is a fascinating read for young nonfiction fans and is perfect for supporting the topics of jobs and people in our communities who help us.

Have you ever wondered how the vehicles on a car carrier are attached to the truck? Maybe you've wondered how the cars, vans, or other vehicles on the top deck got up there! And have you ever wanted to know what it's like to drive a huge car carrier that's transporting new cars from a factory to their excited new owners? In this book, meet the men and women who drive car carriers and learn all about this important and highly skilled job. • Discover all about these trucks and how they work. • Find out what it's like to spend days or even weeks driving thousands of miles while working, living, and sleeping in your truck. • And spend time with a car carrier driver as they load new cars, drive them across the country, and deliver them to their new homes. This book is an engaging and high-interest introduction to nonfiction reading. It's also perfect for supporting social studies topics such as "The Jobs People Do" and "People in Our Communities Who Help Us."

Meet the men and women who drive concrete mixer trucks and deliver this essential substance to construction sites. • Learn about the machinery that perfectly mixes rocky material, sand, cement, water, and other substances in the truck's giant drum. • Discover how the concrete mixture is pumped from the truck to where it is needed on a construction site. • Find out what it is like to be a concrete mixer driver and do this skilled and important job. Filled with behind-the-scenes photos, this book is a fascinating read for all truck fans and young readers who prefer factual books. It's also perfect for supporting social studies topics such as "The Jobs People Do" and "People in Our Communities Who Help Us."