The Fort on Fourth Street: A Story About the Six Simple Machines (Arbordale Collection)

When a young child decides to build a fort in the backyard, Grandpa comes forward to help. But they can't do it alone-they get help from the six simple machines: lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw, and wedge. Told in cumulative rhyme, similar to The House That Jack Built, readers follow the building process to completion and discover the surprise reason it was built.

Lois Spangler, M.Ed., is a retired educator who has received many teaching awards including twice receiving the Sigma XI Outstanding Science Teacher Award, N.J. Governor's Teaching Award, and three times receiving Rudolph Industries Award for Science Teaching Excellence. Her students received state and national awards from NASA and NSTA. During her 32-year career in education, she was an elementary teacher at Central School, Great Meadows Regional, as well as an adjunct instructor at Centenary College. After retiring, she was a judge for NSTA's ExploraVision National Science Competition and served on the National Science Foundation's Selection Committee for the "PAEMST." Her publications include 6 ancillary science books for Scott Foresman Science, 7 reading comprehension books, and 7 writing books. She has also been published in NSTA's Science and Children. This is Lois' debut picture book.