Big Book of Machines
By (Author) Minna Lacey
Illustrated by Gabriele Antonini
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Usborne Publishing Ltd
1st March 2017
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
629.22
Hardback
16
Width 247mm, Height 293mm, Spine 11mm
490g
Huge fold-out pages show some of the biggest and most powerful machines ever made, from giant excavators and monster trucks to enormous ships. Children can discover how many people the biggest passenger plane can carry, facts about giant tractors and how fast the fastest train can go. Includes links to video clips to watch big machines at work.
Since joining Usborne, Minna has written books on everything from pirates and gladiators to jungles and oceans. She studied Maths and Philosophy at university and previously worked as a journalist and illustrator in London, Bogota and New York. In her spare time, she loves writing stories, drawing and playing the guitar.