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4-6
Illustrated by
Michael Lauritano.
This accessible biography of snowmobile inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier opens with his two-year-old son feverish and needing a way to the hospital through snowy rural Quebec. Older goes on to explain the many motivations and challenges he faced in realizing his dream of creating a machine that could drive on snow. Lauritano's ink-and-pencil sketches capture the early-twentieth-century era; photographs are also included. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind.
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K-3
Illustrated by
Lyn Severance.
Humor and high spirits prevail in a celebration of this intelligent barnyard animal. A companion to the previously published Cow, Pig is brightly colored and well designed, packed with easy-to-digest, eye-catching, and entertaining information.
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K-3
Illustrated by
Lyn Severance.
Severance brings her bold, iconic Ben & Jerry's package art to this book on ice cream production, history, and facts. Colorful, outsized fonts add punch to the jokey tone, but poor design makes the information hard to follow. Find out how sundaes were named, who invented the banana split, and where to get lobster ice cream. Bib.
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K-3
Illustrated by
Megan Halsey.
Enticing, child-centered reasons for learning to tell time ("to know when our friends are coming over" or "so we won't miss our favorite TV show") lure readers into a lengthy description of time units and a series of exercises in reading digital and analog clocks. Cartoon illustrations in gouache and pen and ink are colorful and an integral part of the overly perky, lesson-like text.
52 pp.
| Charlesbridge
| July, 1998
|
LibraryISBN 0-88106-979-5$$13.95
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4-6
Illustrated by
Lisa Kopper.
In this biography of Body Shop entrepreneur Anita Roddick, Older covers Roddick's early dreams through her founding of the shop that became a worldwide chain. Roddick is an interesting and eccentric woman but frequently comes across as self-congratulatory, which obscures her good works and strong environmental message. Peppered with photos, spot illustrations, and Anita's beauty tips, this is an inviting but thin package.