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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Airports welcome planes of all shapes and sizes. Only one attracts crowds wherever it lands. The Antonov 124 was built to carry tanks and helicopters for the Russian military. Today it carries everything from jet engines to trains. It is the biggest working cargo plane in the world.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
In Japan, the high-speed train may not be faster than a speeding bullet, but it's close. Traveling at almost 200 mph, the bullet train speeds across the country. It has helped cities grow and made it easier to live far from them. Although it looks like science fiction it is more than fifty years old.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Boats can carry games and bikes across the ocean. They are used for fishing and sailing. But some boats save other boats. The Arctic Icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent rescues ships stranded in the frozen Canadian north. It also helps villagers who live in the Arctic Circle. It is even protecting people by helping scientists learn more about warming oceans and rising seas.
5) Tractors
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English
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Tractors use tools to do different jobs. A backhoe loader is a special kind of tractor with a bucket on the front and a scoop on the back. Learn more about these machines in Tractors, part of the Monster Machines series.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Modified pickup trucks, or monster trucks, offer drivers an adrenaline rush and audiences action-packed shows. They race around rugged tracks and crush regular cars beneath their oversize tires. Readers should prepare for a monster truck rally inside.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At nearly 30 feet long and 14 feet high, these massive tractors tear up fields with incredible power. After a day of ripping cropland, the points even glow red hot! Young readers will harvest a deep interest in tractors after reading this exciting title.
8) Bulldozers
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English
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Bulldozers are used to push piles of rocks and dirt. The biggest bulldozers are used for mining. Learn more about these machines in
Bulldozers, part of the Monster Machines series.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Measuring 1,300 feet long, the world's biggest ships are more than 300 feet longer than the famed Titanic! These shipping vessels are so big their loads of containers, stacked on end, would reach 29 miles into the sky-near the edge of space! Learn more about these monster boats in this title for young learners.
10) Monster Trains
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Some trains have so many cars that they are miles long. The longest freight train in history had 682 cars filled with iron ore. This beast of a train needed eight locomotives to pull it forward! This book will keep beginning readers chugging along.
11) Monster Trucks
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English
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Monster trucks weigh about 10,000 pounds. They look like pickup trucks with huge wheels. Learn more about these machines in
Monster Trucks, part of the Monster Machines series.
12) Monster Diggers
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The largest diggers are extreme excavators. Some have buckets wider than houses or multiple buckets attached to spinning wheels. These diggers dominate the scene at many construction sites and surface mines. Let them dominate your reading time!
13) Jumbo Jets
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English
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Jumbo jets move people and goods around the world. The biggest jumbo jet can carry more than 550,000 pounds of goods. Learn more about these machines in Jumbo Jets, part of the Monster Machines series.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
There are dump trucks with tires as high as two grown men! These enormous trucks could never share a street with other vehicles. This explains why "off-road" is how they roll. They are built for construction sites. Check out some massive dumpers in this title.
15) Jumbo Jets
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English
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The biggest passenger plane in the world can carry more than 800 people and the biggest cargo plane in the world looks like a beluga whale. Readers will learn these fun facts about jumbo jets, and others, as they delve into this book about large, powerful machines. The informative text is paired with stunning photographs of jumbo jets, inside and out-engaging even the most reluctant of readers.
16) Monster Cranes
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Taller than skyscrapers or strong enough to lift the weight of thousands of cars, large cranes are working giants. These towering movers build tall structures and huge ships. The result of this read will be a heightened interest in ginormous machines.
17) Dump Trucks
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English
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Dump trucks haul piles of dirt and rocks in their boxes. The biggest dump trucks can carry more than 490 tons of rocks or dirt. Learn more about these machines in Dump Trucks, part of the Monster Machines series.
18) Monster Cars
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Huge spoilers, thick rims, and souped-up engines transform ordinary cars into road giants that are impossible to ignore. Turn the pages of this book to see mutated cars rumbling down the road. After reading, you might want to take your car to the body shop for an extreme makeover.
19) Excavators
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English
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Excavators are used to dig holes and lift heavy things. They use tracks to move along dirt roads. Learn more about these machines in Excavators, part of the Monster Machines series.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Huge blades, giant tracks, and powerful engines enable these colossal bulldozers to wipe out anything in their paths. They can even move 90 cubic yards of material per pass! Plow through more on these amazing machines in this title for beginning readers.
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