The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Woods, Samuel G.

Sneakers from Start to Finish

32 pp. | Blackbirch | September, 1999 | Library ISBN 1-56711-393-1 $$16.95

(4) 4-6 Made in the U.S.A. series. Photographs by Gale Zucker. Crayons discusses the production of these popular items from paraffin and pigment to labeling and boxing. Sneakers shows how the footwear is designed, sewn together, and inspected. Histories of Crayola's Binney & Smith and New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., are included in these brand-specific books, which are illustrated with adequate but sometimes too small color photographs. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey