From the series How It Works
Trains
Reading Level Grades 2-3Interest Level Grades K – 3Copyright 2023
Reviewed
From the series How It Works
Reading Level Grades 2-3Interest Level Grades K – 3Copyright 2023
ReviewedAll aboard! In this title, readers learn how trains are used all around the world. Leveled text and crisp images combine to explore the uses, parts and inner workings of a few types of trains. This fact-filled title also considers what future trains and train transportation may look like. Diagrams support the main text by showing the parts of trains and how their controls work. The book concludes with a question that prompts readers to think more about train travel.
'The How it Works series introduces the scientific principles and mechanisms that make inventions function. Each book includes a description of the invention along with an easy to follow description of how the invention works. Captivating photos accompany each page to bring the invention further to life. Detailed diagrams aid the reader in learning key vocabulary and the layout of the invention. The discussion of the future for each invention is included to help the reader envision the possibilities and innovations for this invention. In Electric Guitars, readers will learn that guitars can connect to smartphones. Helicopters showcases the different ways that helicopters can land. Trains touches on the way that trains need to change tracks. Roller Coasters includes facts about the different types of energy and g-force that make the roller coasters move. Each book also includes a glossary with key terms to expand the readers’ learning and retention, sources for further information, and an index to aid in searches. This series is recommended for early fluent readers. The How it Works series offers readers a fascinating glimpse into how inventions function and will entice to keep reading and learning about how things work.', Alana Jara, District Librarian, Clear Lake Community School District
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