Time for the construction site to SHAPE UP! Little construction fans will love learning their shapes by watching Bulldozer CIRCLE around, clearing away TRIANGLES of dirt until the perfect building spot has been SQUARED away. It's all in a day's work for the trucks of the bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site!

Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambitious system of interstate highways, and extensive urban renewal development, wrecking companies demolished buildings while earthmoving contractors leveled land at an unprecedented pace and scale. In this pioneering history, Francesca Russello Ammon explores how postwar America came to equate this destruction with progress. The bulldozer functioned as both the means and the metaphor for this work. As the machine transformed from a wartime weapon into an instrument of postwar planning, it helped realize a landscape-altering “culture of clearance.” In the hands of the military, planners, politicians, engineers, construction workers, and even children’s book authors, the bulldozer became an American icon. Yet social and environmental injustices emerged as clearance projects continued unabated. This awareness spurred environmental, preservationist, and citizen participation efforts that have helped to slow, though not entirely stop, the momentum of the postwar bulldozer.

Bulldozers are powerful machines that dig and carry heavy loads. But that's not all they do! Readers will love learning about different types of bulldozers, how they're used, and more in this fun book.

A big pile of dirt needs to be flattened. A bulldozer can get the job done! Beginning readers will learn about the jobs and parts of bulldozers in this title. An opening narrative puts a bulldozer on a job site. Leveled text and colorful photos build reading interest and skills. Features summarize a bulldozerÕs main jobs and parts. Photo labels and a photo glossary help readers identify subject-specific terms.

Time for the construction site to SHAPE UP! Little construction fans will love learning their shapes by watching Bulldozer CIRCLE around, clearing away TRIANGLES of dirt until the perfect building spot has been SQUARED away. It's all in a day's work for the trucks of the bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site!

Discover the exciting world of construction vehicles by assembling models of a bulldozer, tractor, dump truck, and excavator. Just detach and assemble the cardboard shapes from the pages.

This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about the parts of a bulldozer and how people use bulldozers in construction.