Tires, Spokes, and Sprockets: A Book About Wheels and Axles

by Michael Dahl, Denise Shea (Illustrator)

Overview

Describes many different kinds, uses, and benefits of wheels and axles. Includes information on gears, sprockets, and cranks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781663929853
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2021
Series:	Amazing Science: Simple Machines
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	5 - 10 Years

About the Author

Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teacher’s Choice award from Learning magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Wheels Are Machines     6
Axles     9
Big Wheels and Small Wheels     11
Gears     12
Clockwise and Counterclockwise     15
Cranks     16
Belts     18
Move!     20
Round and Round     22
Fun Facts     23
Glossary     23
To Learn More     24
Index     24

Editorial Reviews

Gr 1-4-These simple concept books are full of pizzazz and wonderfully illustrated with digital graphics that show kids doing typical kid things. The lumberman on the cover of Cut may not be as enticing as the active children depicted on the other titles. The book also has fewer internal pictures of youngsters, although there is a spread of a boy surrounded by wedges of cake, pie, and pizza. Other spreads depict and discuss doorstops, nails, and airplane wings. In Roll, skateboards, playground slides, and roller coasters are used as examples. Best of all is Scoop, which clearly describes several versions of the lever, found in the playground, garage, and kitchen. Tires discusses wheel sizes, gears, cranks, etc. Unfortunately, "axles" is misspelled on the cover. Each book has an activity and "Fun Facts." The FactHound Web sites listed add more information, but don't take kids to any fun, interactive sites. If you have Sally Hewitt's Machines We Use (Children's Press, 1998) or Anne Welsbacher's "Understanding Simple Machines" series (Capstone, 2001), you may not need these books.-Debbie Whitbeck, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, MI Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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