Build It Up! 60 Amazing Facts About Construction

About This Book

How tall can a skyscraper go? How do buildings survive earthquakes? What is hiding inside concrete?

Build It Up! is packed with 60 amazing facts for kids who stop to watch every crane, digger and dump truck. From giant tunnel boring machines to the Eiffel Tower, the Channel Tunnel and the pyramids, it shows how our world gets built, and who builds it.

Every fact gets its own two-page spread: a short, exciting fact to read on the left, and a full-page picture to color on the right.

Inside this book:

• 60 construction facts written in kid-friendly language
• 60 full-page coloring pages of machines, buildings and builders
• A "Builder's Bonus" fact on every spread
• A hands-on "Try It Out" activity for every fact
• Six themed sections: machines on the job site, mega-structures, building materials, the people who build, how a building goes up step by step, and amazing builds from history

Made for future builders ages 6 to 12. A screen-free gift for birthdays, holidays and rainy afternoons.

Part of the Color & Discover series of fact and coloring books.