In each section of Michael Cunningham's new book, we encounter the same group of characters: a young boy, an older man, and a young woman. "In the Machine" is a ghost story which takes place at the height of the Industrial Revolution, as human beings confront the alienated realities of the new machine age. "The Children's Crusade," set in the early twentieth century, plays with the conventions of the noir thriller as it tracks the pursuit of a terrorist...

There are many big machines and busy people involved in building a road, and this picture book, with its rambunctious rhymes and noisy fun, follows them every step of the way, from clearing a pathway to rolling the tar to sweeping up at the end.

Blossom Valley is opening a brand-new community center, and Layla and her Bots are playing at the opening, but the mayor is worried because not many people have signed up to come to the party; so Layla and her bots decide to build a cupcake machine to attract a crowd--but they are uncertain how to manage the variety of decorations proposed. Includes a DIY activity that readers can try at home.

Told in rhyming text, seven new road-building machines set out on a job--building, rolling, paving, and painting a brand new road.

Follows Mr. Rally and his dog, Lightning, as they travel the town on a big yellow digging machine, taking care of five important jobs.

Digger and his friends meet a hungry caterpillar who chooses Digger as its safe place to make a cocoon, making Digger cease his work to care for the small creature who surprises him and his friends.

Building a fort in the backyard, a grandfather and granddaughter get help from six simple machines: lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw, and wedge.

A collection of four books by Caldecott Medal winner Virginia Lee Burton which feature characters who become heroes through determination and the ability to adapt to change.

It's busy in the building site, with bulldozers, cranes, tip-up trucks and cement mixers all at work! Dive into the world of diggers and trucks with this picture book brimming with busy bright photos, accessible read out loud text and playful rhymes.

A collection of fourteen fantasy stories by well-known authors, set in the age of steam engines and featuring automatons, clockworks, calculating machines, and other marvels that never existed.