The Car (Tales of Invention) - Softcover

Oxlade, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1432938347 ISBN 13: 9781432938345

Publisher: Heinemann, 2010

Synopsis

People have always wanted to find easier and faster ways to travel from one place to another. The car is one machine that made this possible. The story of the invention of the car is related in this title that is filled with information about the key players, the setbacks along the way to a working vehicle, and the moments of discovery.

About this title

About the Author:

Chris Oxlade is an experienced author of non-fiction books for children. He has written more than 200 titles on science, technology, sports and hobbies, from encyclopedia articles to fun activity books.

From Booklist:

Reviewed with Chris Oxlade's Plane.

Gr. 4-6. Children who have gone beyond the stage of simply being fascinated by the way vehicles look will find these books in the Take It Apart series full of information on the way they actually work. Proceeding from outside in, each book is chockablock with cutaways and diagrams, all well labeled, which explore the vehicle's various systems: from the engine to the galley in Plane; from the engine to the dashboard and the body in Car. Fact boxes give readers a break from the technical stuff. There are a few slipups: in Car, for example, there's no mention of the combustion chamber, and although the word odometer appears on a spread showing the parts of a dashboard, it's never explained in the book. Yet, curious kids with a love of things mechanical will eagerly grab these, and for the most part, they'll come away better informed. Stephanie Zvirin
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About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1432938347
• ISBN 13: 9781432938345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32