Dig a Tunnel - Hardcover

Hunter, Ryan Ann; Macalaster, Elizabeth G.; Greenwood, Pamela D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823413918 ISBN 13: 9780823413911

Publisher: Holiday House, 1999

Synopsis

Simply describes a variety of tunnels, how they are built and how they are used.

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Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Children are fascinated by tunnels, and this well-written book on the subject provides much-needed information. Hunter begins with familiar animals that dig tunnels, then proceeds with simple examples of early tunnels that humans constructed: tunnels for water, for secretly entering an enemy's castle under a wall, and for mining. The author introduces existing tunnels that go under rivers and bays, and through mountains, and she also describes a future tunnel that will float across deep waterways. Miller's graphic designs complement the prose. Each structure is well illustrated with a double-page spread, providing simple details that visually explain and expand on the concepts introduced in the text. This is a well-designed book, filled with useful information expressed in a lively style.
Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"When people saw how animals tunneled through the ground, they must have thought, What a great idea!" writes Hunter (the pen name for Pamela Greenwood and Elizabeth Macalaster) in the third of Hunter and Miller's engineering-themed books (Into the Sky). What follows is a briskly described and brightly stylized panoply of man-made tunnels. Most of the tunnels have to do with public transportation ("The Chunnel takes you under the English Channel in 19 minutes"), although illicit uses are not overlooked: "Prisoners dug tunnels to escape. Bank robbers dug tunnels, too." Like the text, Miller's illustrations, rendered with a strong graphic sensibility, possess a witty crispness. He keeps details to a minimum, yet the precision of every line and the rich saturation of colors give each full-bleed, double-page spread the visual wallop of a poster?the Mont Blanc Car Tunnel, for example, becomes tiny black openings at either end of a boulder-like range of purple mountains. Hard-core junior construction buffs may grouse that there's not enough tunnel-building action, but for children just discovering the appeal of engineering, this snappy, appropriately horizontal volume should be right on target. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the tunnels of ants to the Chunnel connecting England with France, this lively tour of constructed tunnels highlights their variety as it explores their uses and manufacture. Hunter (Into the Sky, 1998, etc.) urges readers along, sprinkling a compact text with entertaining facts``If you take a train from New York to Los Angeles, you'll go through 65 mountain tunnels''and asides. Miller's cross-sectional illustrations are rendered with solid colors, long, straight lines, and sharp color boundaries, for an orderly, layered look that conveys plenty of activity without seeming cluttered. Younger fans of the wheeled vehicles that are visible here in profusion will want repeat readings. (Picture book/nonfiction. 5-7) -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823413918
• ISBN 13: 9780823413911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Miller Edward
• Number of pages: 32