Children's Books on How Things Work

Look at Them Go: Band 02B/Red B (Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds)

By Coe, Catherine, Collins Big Cat

Infernal Devices

By Philip Reeve

Disguises

By Vivien Kelly

What Do People Do All Day?

By Richard Scarry, Scarry, Richard

5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) 3 (National Geographic Kids)

By National Geographic Kids

Circuits & Conductors

By Peter Riley

The Smithsonian Visual Timeline of Inventions

By Platt, Richard

Science Is...: A Source Book of Fascinating Facts, Projects and Activities (Reprint)

By Bosak, Susan V

Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers

By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts

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

By Steve Parker

DK Readers: The Story of Chocolate

By C.J. Polin

From Cow to Carton: Band 04/Blue (Collins Big Cat Phonics)

By Vic Parker, Collins Big Cat

The Robot: A humorous story about making a robot. (Collins Big Cat): Band 01b/Pink B

By Shipton, Paul, Dunn, Gary, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff, Paul Shipton

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds - Down the Drain: Band 07/Turquoise

By Clare Helen Welsh, Collins Big Cat

Building Sites

By Philippe Biard

Car Science: An Under-the-Hood, Behind-the-Dash Look at How Cars Work

By Richard Hammond

Stop That Robot!: Things don’t go to plan when a boy enlists his robot’s help in this wordless fantasy story.: Band 00/Lilac (Collins Big Cat)

By Sage, Alison, Dunn, Gary, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Pushing and Pulling: This simple non-fiction recount demonstrates different types of pushing and pulling. (Collins Big Cat): Band 01a/Pink A

By Hughes, Monica, Coote, Mark, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff, Monica Hughes

Stuff: Curious Everyday STUFF That Helps Our Planet

By Maddie Moate, Paul Boston

Robots: Band 04/Blue (Collins Big Cat)

By Emmett, Jonathan, Collins Big Cat, Moon, Cliff

Get to Know Levers

By Karen Volpe

The Way Back Home

By Jeffers, Oliver, Jeffers, Oliver

Trains

By Gail Gibbons

i-SPY Every vehicle on the road: What can you spot? (Collins Michelin i-SPY Guides)

By i-SPY

Toys!: Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions

By Don Wulffson

Discover Science: Robots

By Clive Gifford

Robot: Meet the Machines of the Future

By DK, Dr Lucy Rogers

Inventions: A History of Key Inventions that Changed the World

By Adam Hart-Davis, Nishant Choksi

The No. 1 Car Spotter Goes to School (Walker Racing Reads)

By Atinuke, Cadwell, Warwick Johnson

Cathedral: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

By David Macaulay