Big Yellow Crane

The boom extends and retracts, the cab rotates a full 360 degrees, and the hook raises and lowers on its cable. That is real three-dimensional movement in a wooden toy, and for a child obsessed with construction sites it is about as good as it gets.

Big, bright and built for heavy-duty play, the crane comes with two construction vehicles to lift and load onto its platform. Planning each lift, working out the reach and operating the parts together is early engineering thinking in disguise.

Simple self-assembly gets the crane ready for its first build.