Trucks and tractors, fire engines and helicopters-they all like to work hard. But after a long, happy day of beep-beeping and vroom-vrooming, even the busiest engines need to rest.

Text and photographs introduce young readers to such extreme vehicles as giant dump trucks, fire trucks, and submarines.

Discusses and displays various types of vehicles including race cars, hot rods, monster trucks, motorcycles and other cars, both new and historical.

Provides instructions for drawing a variety of cars, trucks, construction equipment and other vehicles.

Having completed their daytime tasks, various vehicles get ready for a restful night.

"Little construction workers will love learning all about mighty construction vehicles with this nonfiction Little Golden Book! Put on your hard hats! My Little Golden Book About Construction Vehicles is a fact-filled look at a subject children are fascinated by! This book is full of exciting, colorful illustrations of cranes, excavators, bulldozers, cement mixers, and more. Boys and girls will love learning about all the heavy equipment used to build...

This handy resource guide teaches you how to build two dozen contraptions using low-cost or free recycled materials, batteries, and a single motor. Some of the projects include constructing a hovercraft out of a Styrofoam plate, two corks, and binder clips; building a double-paddle wheeler out of paint stirrers, plastic bottles, and a pair of disposable knives; and, turning bamboo skewers, checkers, and a drinking straw into a three-wheeled motorcycle....

Illustrations and easy-to-read text show the advantages of being on a bicycle when streets are jammed with other vehicles.