Machines Go To Work In The City (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
This beautifully designed picture book is a sequel to Low’s Machines Go to Work. Once again he matches each vehicle with an identifying sound. Trucks and cranes, trains and planes, accompanied by the people who drive them, help to keep the city working. Low’s simple straightforward text includes a question, focusing attention on each machine. Interestingly, the answer is always “No.” However, it is followed by a short explanation. The associated foldout page further enlarges the view. Morning begins with a garbage truck. Following through the day are a train, vacuum and bucket trucks, and a crane. A rosy sunset sky concludes the book while a baggage carrier services a plane. The plane takes off as night falls for busy machines and tired workers. An expanded panorama of the city unfolds, promising that tomorrow, “they will go to work again.” Pages at the end include smaller labeled images of the machines with brief descriptions to help with likely questions. This is one of those books that libraries can't own enough copies of. Within the first few circulations, they look well-loved. (This library copy of a 2012 book is already torn in several places and missing a page.) If you've ever walked past a construction site with a two-year-old, you know how fascinating everything from a garbage truck to a building crane can be. And, this book adds to the reality of the experience with foldout pages that show how that giant hose goes down under the street. Even the author notes at the end have the kind of technical terminology about the large pieces of equipment that little ones will love having named and explained to them.
What do You think about Machines Go To Work In The City (2012)?
Very cleverly illustrated fold-out book that not only folds out but up and down and all around.
—chiq
A wonderfully illustrated title to add to my list for kids obsessed with trucks.
—nikijd2003
WOW!The drawings is so good! it's so well done, i love how some pages flip out.
—Nick9001
I like the use of flaps in this book to extend the illustrations.
—Kayaangelica
