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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Bam Eve Merriam In this noisy poem, a wrecking ball demolishes old houses and stores to make way for a skyscraper. OL13287W
The Burning Point The Burning Point Mary Jo Putney Kate Corsi always dreamed of working for her family’s world famous explosive demolition business—a wish her old-fashioned father denied until the day he died. According to his will, Kate will receive… OL14854410W
Lead me on Lead me on Victoria Dahl William Chase with his tattoo-covered biceps and steel-toed boots is not exactly what prim and proper office manager Jane Morgan had in mind. The man blows things up for a living...how could she dea… OL16317483W
Demolition Demolition Sally Sutton Illustrations and rhyming text show the enormous and powerful machines that are used to demolish a building so that a playground can be built. OL16536213W
Big noisy trucks and diggers Big noisy trucks and diggers Caterpillar Inc As an old building is demolished, the reader is invited to push buttons on the attached panel to experience the sounds of an excavator, a track loader, and an articulated truck at work. OL18339878W
The construction crew The construction crew Lynn Meltzer The construction gang is tearing down an old building and laying the foundation for a new home. Workers use all kinds of trucks and tools to get the job done. And just in time for a family to move in. OL19717265W
Demolish Demolish Darice Bailer What looks like a big metal dinosaur and has sharp teeth that can tear down buildings? Learn how this machine bites off parts of dangerous buildings and knocks them down! OL2003341W
La maison de Jean-Pierre Raynaud La maison de Jean-Pierre Raynaud Jean Pierre Raynaud,Denyse Durand-Ruel,Marc Sanchez,Michelle Porte "Ce livre retrace l'histoire de la Maison, de sa construction à sa destruction. Il est accompagné du film de Michelle Porte, La maison de Jean-Pierre Raynaud (33 min.)"--Page 4 of cover. OL22352859W
Demolition Demolition Sally Sutton What's even more exciting to young kids than seeing big machines that build things? Watching the massive ones that tear them down! OL27971069W
Demolition Demolition JoAnn Early Macken "Simple text and photographs present building demolition, including information on the workers and equipment needed"--Provided by publisher. OL3345569W
Rubble Rubble Jeff Byles Rubble is the first-ever biography of the wrecking trade, a riveting, character-filled narrative of how the black art of demolition grew to become a multibillion-dollar business, an extreme spectator… OL5824478W
Building wrecking Building wrecking Jean (Poindexter) Colby Describes the methods, machinery, workers, labor unions, and processes involved in wrecking a building. OL7136040W
Unbuilding Unbuilding David Macaulay This fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished. OL74025W