Books : Working Hard With the Mighty Crane (Tonka, Storybooks)
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by: Justine Korman
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780590130943
ISBN: 0590130943
Label: Cartwheel Books
Manufacturer: Cartwheel Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: 1998-05
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
Sales Rank: 1372775
Studio: Cartwheel Books
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Product Description:
In these Tonka truck storybooks, children follow heavy equipment operators through a busy work week and learn what cranes, graders, and big trucks do.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A complete miss!!!
This book attempts to explain the function of a mobile crane by comparing it to a live crane, fishing, and bowling. If you are using a metaphor to teach something, you'd better make sure that the student knows what the metaphor is. Most children aged 4 or less have never seen a live crane (bird), have never gone fishing and may not have gone bowling. It's a complete miss.
The truth is that there is no need to explain how the crane works. This kids get it. What they need to know and ... Read More
Rating:  - Even parents will learn something new
Working Hard with the Mighty Crane, as with the rest of the series, is informative yet interesting. It has made a relatively "dry" subject surprisingly appetising and makes you want to learn more. Should be of interest not only to little boys. Even parents will learn something new in reading the book to kids.
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