cover image Amazing Machines

Amazing Machines

Tony Mitton. Kingfisher, $10.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-7534-5642-2

For young readers on the go, new transportation titles are ready to roll. Amazing Machines by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker collects four volumes that were previously published separately as Dazzling Diggers, Roaring Rockets, Flashing Fire Engines and Terrific Trains. Rhyming text presents a variety of animals operating the various vehicles. ""Rockets explore. Through space they roam./ But when they're done, they head back home."" The art is playful and the tone cheery.