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Hardcover Seymour Simon's Book of Trucks Book

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ISBN: 0060284730

ISBN13: 9780060284732

Seymour Simon's Book of Trucks

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Item: Seymour Simon&#39;s Book of Trucks
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Book Overview

Trucks lift, dump, and carry things every day, everywhere. In the same vein as his bestselling animal, physiological, and astronomy photo essays, award-winning author Simon explores and explains the child-friendly subjects of trucks. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. Did you know that... .Some trucks can weigh as much as ten elephants put together. .Flatbed trucks can carry other trucks, houses, and even a space shuttle! .Semitrailer cabs can have a bed behind the front seat so that drivers can pull over and rest on long trips. .Road-train trucks pull multiple trailers at the same time, just like a locomotive pulls freight cars on a train. Seymour Simon knows how to explain science to kids and make it fun. He was a teacher for more than twenty years, has written more than 250 books, and has won multiple awards. This book includes an author's note, glossary, and index and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0060284730

ISBN13:9780060284732

Release Date:February 2000

Publisher:Collins

Length:32 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 11.0" x 9.0"

Age Range:4 to 8 years

Grade Range:Preschool to Grade 3

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Arts, Music & Photography Cars & Trucks Cars, Trains & Things That Go Children's Children's Books Photography

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Blake's thoughts

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago

This book is about all kinds of big earth rumbling trucks. It showes them and there jobs. On each page thier is a different truck. Each truck has its own important job that it does.

Blake's thoughts

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago

This book is about all kinds of big earth rumbling trucks. It shows them and there jobs. On each page there is a different truck. Each truck has its own important job that it does.

Not Simon's best, but good

Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago

I too am a children's librarian. I am a big fan of Seymour Simon's books - he always presents interesting information, clear prose, and beautiful pictures. His truck book, however, seems to suffer from the use of file photos as illustrations instead of any pictures taken just for the book. A few of his photos are not sufficiently illustrative of his text - like his photo of a tractor shows only half of a tractor in dim light. Still, there are plenty of young truck fans out there, and you could do lots worse than this concise book.