These new books in the Seedlings: Farm Machines series present simple facts about farm machinery in a straightforward, appealing way. The text begins with a two-page spread cheerfully greeting the featured machine with "Hello, type of machine!," and more substantive information follows. The text is short and quite basic, but adults unfamiliar with farming may be surprised to learn new information about farm equipment. Balers follows the process of collecting hay, rolling it into bales, and storing it as well as explaining eventual uses for the stored hay. The books conclude, somewhat abruptly oodbye, Balers!" th the machines against a beautiful sunset. A simple diagram at the end of each book points out the main parts of each kind of machine. Although the text is of interest, it is the large photographs that will entrance a preschooler or young readers interested in any kind of heavy machinery.