Rescue Vehicles

by Mary Kate Doman

Overview

Written simply for young children, this colorful book looks at some of the best-known rescue vehicles around.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781598452440
Publisher:	Enslow Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	07/16/2011
Series:	All About Big Machines Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

Editorial Reviews

All About Big Machines series. Each book gives some very basic information about the title subjects, sometimes naming the different types of vehicles in that category or briefly describing what each one does. Young children interested in vehicles will enjoy this series primarily for its dear and engaging photographs; they aren't likely to be deterred by the bland, repetitive texts. Reading list,

From the Publisher

PreS-K—There is less content in these "pre-readers" than in 1950s' primers. Full-page and double-page photos lifted from the Internet do nothing to salvage the one- to two-sentence texts on each spread. Statements such as "Big military machines do big jobs" and "Some cool cars are yellow" add nothing to readers' knowledge. Text and illustrations do not always coincide. Earthmovers passes off a front-end loader as a bulldozer and an excavator as a backhoe. Rescue says that lifeboats rescue people lost at sea, but the photo shows a lifeboat with a retaining wall in the background. The table of contents in each volume has no substance. Several books cited in the further reading lists are better than these titles.—Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS

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