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You wouldn't want to live without simple machines! / written by Anne Rooney ; illustrated by Mark Bergin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: You wouldn't want to--Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780531128152
  • 0531128156
  • 9780531193631
  • 0531193632
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
What is a machine? -- It's simple! -- Putting machines to work -- It's not all fun and games -- The wheels on the bus -- Ups and downs -- A slippery slope -- All screwed up -- Putting it together -- World changing machines -- Power to the people -- Would you want to live without simple machines?
Summary: "Simple machines are around us all the time and we use them every day. Many are built into complex machines, but the simple machine is still there doing its job. Discover how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work, allowing us to travel in wheeled vehicles, lift very heavy objects, put things together, and take things apart."-- Back cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 621.8 R777 Available 33111008913366
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 621.8 R777 Available 33111009250792
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction 621.8 R777 Available 33111008213726
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn about how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work.This series takes readers (Ages 8-12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full-color cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers.Simple machines are around us all the time and we use them every day. You might not even think of them as machines. Many are built into complex (compound) machines-but the simple machine is still in there, doing its job. Learn about how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work, allowing us to travel in wheeled vehicles, lift very heavy objects, fix things together, and break things apart.

Includes index.

What is a machine? -- It's simple! -- Putting machines to work -- It's not all fun and games -- The wheels on the bus -- Ups and downs -- A slippery slope -- All screwed up -- Putting it together -- World changing machines -- Power to the people -- Would you want to live without simple machines?

"Simple machines are around us all the time and we use them every day. Many are built into complex machines, but the simple machine is still there doing its job. Discover how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work, allowing us to travel in wheeled vehicles, lift very heavy objects, put things together, and take things apart."-- Back cover.

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