TECHNOLOGY
Boothroyd, Jennifer

From the Model T to Hybrid Cars: How Transportation Has Changed

(4) K-3 Lightning Bolt Books: Comparing Past and Present series. Boothroyd provides simple then-and-now comparisons of transportation methods. It's a kid-friendly approach, but the comparisons are cursory, and the examples are dumbed-down ("People travel across water in boats and ships"). Stock photos show present-day people (in color) and people of the past (in black and white) going places. Mini-biographies are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind.

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