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Cars : engines that move you / Dan Zettwoch.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Science comics (First Second (Firm))Publisher: New York : First Second Books, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 121 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781626728226
  • 1626728224
  • 9781626728219
  • 1626728216
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Intake : prehistory of cars -- Compression : putting it all together -- Power : explosive growth -- Exhaust : cars and our environment -- Glossary.
Summary: A young reader's introduction to where cars came from and how they work. Presented in comic book format.Summary: "In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars, you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline - or electric batteries, or even steam - make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its explosive effects on our modern lives."--Provided by publisher.
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 Graphic Novel 629.222 Z61 Available 33111009354479
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Graphic Novel 629.222 Z61 Available 33111009155637
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars , you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline--or electric batteries, or even steam--make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its explosive effects on our modern lives.

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, the solar system, robots, and more. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty year old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!

A young reader's introduction to where cars came from and how they work. Presented in comic book format.

"In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars, you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline - or electric batteries, or even steam - make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its explosive effects on our modern lives."--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (page 121).

Intake : prehistory of cars -- Compression : putting it all together -- Power : explosive growth -- Exhaust : cars and our environment -- Glossary.

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