Stickmen's Guide to Watercraft
From the Series Stickmen's Guides to How Everything Works
How does a giant cruise ship stay upright? Just how big is an aircraft carrier? How are submarines powered? Join the Stickmen for a close look at how watercrafts work, though be careful—you may get into deep water!
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978-1-5124-0699-3
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$31.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Science |
| Category | STEM, STEM: Engineering |
| Copyright | 2016 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Brand | Hungry Tomato ® |
| Imprint | Hungry Tomato ® |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2016-01-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 8.3 |
| Text Type | Informational/Explanatory |
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| BISACS | JNF051120, JNF057020 |
| Dewey | 623.82 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 7 x 9 |
| Lexile | 1040 |
| Guided Reading Level | X |
| ATOS Reading Level | 6.5 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 181235 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
| Features | Awards, Charts/Graphs/Diagrams, Reviewed, and Starred Reviews |
Author: John Farndon
John Farndon is a Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the author of a huge number of books for adults and children on science, history, technology and nature, including such international best-sellers as Do Not Open and Do You Think You’re Clever?
Illustrator: John Paul de Quay
John Paul de Quay has a BS in biology from the University of Sussex, UK, and a graduate certificate in animation from the University of the West of England. He lives in the UK.
Awards
- Booklist Top 10 Series Nonfiction
Reviews
Booklist
“[A] boatload of facts ensures that students will come away with a rich understanding not only of the parts of various types of watercraft but the fundamental ways they move around. Deeply informative and pleasantly approachable, this is sure to make a splash.”—starred, Booklist