Big Things series · Book 1
The Great Tunnel Adventure
Fast Trains and Giant Tunnel Machines
Follow a friendly team as they build a tunnel and a railway to bring families closer together. A giant cutter wheel studies the rock, digs through the mountain, and turns the pieces it removes into something useful — all the way to a train ride to Grandma's. Later spreads travel beneath cities, lakes and the sea, and the story closes by imagining a future in which tunnel machines are carried by rocket to help build settlements on the Moon or Mars. (That last part is a friendly what-if — not something that exists today.)
Each spread pairs a short, optional story caption on the left with a big picture to color on the right — so a grown-up can read along, or simply let the coloring do the talking. Crayons and colored pencils suit the artwork well.
- Series
- Big Things
- Author
- Kenneth Graham
- Reading age
- 4–8 years
- Format
- Paperback · full-color glossy cover · black-ink interior on white paper
- Coloring pictures
- 26 illustrations
- Printed pages
- 56 pages total — the 26 pictures sit among the title, welcome and closing pages
- Trim size
- 8.5 × 11.69 inches
- ISBN
- 9798177434032
- Publisher
- Flashlife Publishing — Amazon lists the imprint as “Independently published.”
Where to buy
The book will be printed and sold through Amazon (print on demand). The purchase link and publication date aren't live yet — they'll appear here as soon as they're confirmed.
Planned U.S. list price $9.99 (not yet a live, verified price). Amazon handles orders, printing and delivery; Flashlife does not ship books.
A peek inside
A few pages to color
A handful of previews from the book. Select any picture to enlarge it.
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