Crashed, Smashed, and Mashed [Hardcover]

Joyce; Borns, Steven Salmansohn Karen; Mitchell (Author)

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Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 3-6-The subtitle says it all. Through superb, up-close and personal, full-color photographs and descriptive text, armchair visitors can follow along as wrecks and old cars have their fluids drained, their engines pulled, sheet metal removed, and parts such as batteries and radios stored for resale. Those cars still good enough for parts go to their own special resting place in the salvage yard, organized by make, model, and year. The rest go to the crusher, eventually ending up in a metal-recycling center. It's a nitty-gritty, dirty process providing enormous recycling benefits. With a glossary full of junkyard talk and a page of recycling facts, this book is one that readers will pick up to learn the lingo and to understand a bit about the salvage process.

Pamela K. Bomboy, Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Ages 6-8. The junkyard heaven that author Mitchell and photographer Borns show off here is strictly for cars, and there are acres and acres of them, along with piles of tires and flats loaded with batteries. Children will have fun scanning the crystal-clear pictures and trying to identify what's what. Mitchell's description of how old cars are recycled (crashed, smashed, and mashed) is interesting as well, although defining terms (catalytic converter, for example) in the text would have saved a lot of flipping back to the glossary. The text supplies just enough about what goes on--from the moment a car comes into the yard to the resources recycled autos yield (set down on a page at the back) to maintain interest. Those younger children who like anything about automobiles will ask about the pictures; older ones will come away more knowledgeable about an aspect of recycling not often discussed. Stephanie Zvirin
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Tricycle Press (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582460345
• ISBN-13: 978-1582460345
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,743,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars good transaction, October 25, 2011

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4.0 out of 5 stars Crashed, Smashed, and Mashed is marvellous!, April 18, 2001

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Rebecca Brown "rebeccasreads" (Clallam Bay, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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A Trip to Junkyard Heaven to where 12 million cars are recycled in the US & Canada every year, now you can get to see it happen.

Crash! Another car is ready for the graveyard, so, chain it to the flatbed & head on in to find a final resting place. Drain the fluids, pull the engine & tires, then torch the assemblies so they can be reused. Then it's into the crusher & onto the shredder.

With bold, bright photos & simple, engaging language, Joyce Slayton Mitchell & Steven Borns takes us through Junkyard Heaven from start to finish. They even provide us with a glossary & recycling facts.

A must for every kid, young & old, who drools at the sight of a junkyard!