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Mr Shaha's Marvellous Machines: adventures in making round the kitchen table

By Alom Shaha, Emily Robertson

My T-shirt and other clothes

By Helen Greathead

Lonely Planet Kids Ancient Wonders - Then & Now

By Lonely Planet Kids, Stuart Hill, Lindsey Spinks

How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures

By Roma Agrawal, Katie Hickey, Sally Beets

Screws, Nuts, and Bolts

By Sian Smith

Pulleys

By Sian Smith

Springs

By Sally Hewitt, Ian McMullen

A Darkling Plain

By Philip Reeve, Ian McQue

Scrivener's Moon

By Philip Reeve

The Big Book of Speedy Science: Things to Make and Do

By Anna Claybourne

Trucks!: (and Other Things with Wheels)

By Bryony Davies, Maria Brzozowska

Robot Brains: All About Machines That Think

By David Jefferis

School Bus Saves the Day

By Peter Bently, Bella Bee

Danger! Earthquakes: Level 2

By Simon Seymour

Seemore Readers Giant Machines

By Simon Seymour

DK Eyewitness Books: Robot: Discover the Amazing World of Machines

By roger Bridgman

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds - Dig and Tip: Band 02A/Red A

By Samantha Montgomerie, Collins Big Cat

How Does a Waterfall Become Electricity?

By Mike Graf, Jeff Edwards

Ultimate Cars: Jaguar

By Rob Scott Colson

Predator's Gold

By Philip Reeve

Infernal Devices: 3 (Mortal Engines Quartet)

By Reeve, Philip

Planes and Rockets and Things That Fly

By Richard Scarry, Scarry, Richard

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds - Smart Gadgets: Band 06/Orange

By Jo Nelson, Rupert Van Wyk, Collins Big Cat

Mega Machine Puzzles: Activities for Boosting Problem-Solving Skills!

By Vicky Barker, Vicky Barker (Art Director, b small publishing), Ste Johnson

Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions

By Don Wulffson, Laurie Keller

Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines Quartet)

By Reeve, Philip, Philip Reeve

DK Eyewitness Books: Electricity: Discover the Story of Electricity-from the Earliest Discoveries to the Technolog

By Steve Parker

Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers

By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts

Cathedral: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

By David Macaulay

DK Readers: The Story of Chocolate

By C.J. Polin