Washoe County Library System

Simple text and photographs present bulldozers and the work they do.

A debut collection of nine stories includes "Bulldozer," in which a Pinkerton agent investigating a string of serial killings finds they are part of an occult ritual designed to appease a supernatural entity.

The bulldozer, the excavator, the loader and other heavy machinery all have important tasks to accomplish at the job site: digging, lifting, carrying, dumping, moving, shaping.

In this variation of the classic lullaby, a father reassures his son that the boy is better than a dump truck, a backhoe, or even a bulldozer when it comes to digging.

When developers threaten to bulldoze the old courthouse to make way for condominiums, Miss Julia is dismayed. She enlists the help of Etta Mae Wiggins in a plot to scare off the money by exposing the town's many eccentric characters. --From publisher description.

"In Bangalore, India, five young women fight to save their homes, which are really only shacks and lean-tos, in a slum named "Heaven," which the city wants to bulldoze in order to accommodate its growing tech industry"--

"For anyone pulling their hair out over an irritating colleague who's not technically breaking any rules, a hilarious guide to getting difficult people off your back from NYU psychology professor Tessa West. Ever watched a coworker charm the pants off management while showing a competitive, Machiavellian side to the lower ranks? The Kiss-Up/Kick-Down coworker doesn't hesitate to throw peers under the bus, but their boss is oblivious to their bad behavior....

Este libro ilustrado con fotos para niños, muestra las máquinas gigantes que tumban edificios, limpian los escombros, y construyen un parque con una laguna. Demonstrates how the crane, bulldozer, dump truck, and other construction machines all play a part in building a new park.

Contains fifteen lesson plans that utilize reading aloud, storytelling, poetry, wordplay, and musical and movement activities to get children excited about books.

"A richly evocative coming-of-age memoir set in the Florida orange groves of the 1960s by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Anne Hull grew up in rural Central Florida, barefoot half the time and running through the orange groves her father’s family had worked for generations. The ground trembled from the vibrations of bulldozers and jackhammers clearing land for Walt Disney World. “Look now,” her father told her as they rode through the...