Trains

by Hal Rogers

Overview

Roar! A train speeds past! Find out what trains carry in their many cars, from people to building supplies and fuel. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative sidebars and captions, an activity, critical-thinking questions, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, an index, and an introduction to the author.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781503880825
Publisher:	Wonder Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2023
Series:	Machines at Work
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.23(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.29(d)
Lexile:	550L (what's this?)
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

Hal Rogers is the pen name of Elizabeth Budd, a Colorado-based writer and editor. Elizabeth has written more than fifty books for children on subjects ranging from Steven Spielberg to Thomas Jefferson, the Cold War to gypsies. A graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, she holds a degree in Italian language from Universita per Stranieri di Siena in, Tuscany, Italy, as well. She also writes under the names E. S. Budd and Elizabeth Sirimarco (her maiden name). Elizabeth has been fortunate to collaborate with her husband, photographer David Budd, on several books for The Child's World. They live in Denver, Colorado's capital city, with Roger the cat and Sebastian the Rottweiler.

Table of Contents

What are trains?     5
How are trains used?     6
Who drives a train?     13
How do trains move?     14
Are trains important?     21
Glossary     22
Books and Web Sites     23
Index     24

Editorial Reviews

04/01/2014
K-Gr 2—Offered as successors to the 1999 series of the same name (though not all of the volumes correspond), these pictorial surveys pair sharply reproduced photos of heavy-duty working vehicles with simply phrased commentary on the selected machine's common main components and functions printed in large type. The chapter heads are framed as questions, such as "What are tractors?" and "How are trains used?" The final chapter in each volume explains how that type of vehicle is "important," "useful" or some other positive quality--not that young fans of these mechanical behemoths will need any justification to pore over these big, bright images.

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