Cut, Chop, and Stop: A Book About Wedges (Amazing Science: Simple Machines) [Paperback]

Dahl (Author), Michael (Author), Shea (Illustrator), Denise (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Amazing Science: Simple Machines

Provides examples to show how wedges are simple machines that make pulling apart, stopping, and moving easier. Includes an activity.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4–These simple concept books are full of pizzazz and wonderfully illustrated with digital graphics that show kids doing typical kid things. The lumberman on the cover of Cut may not be as enticing as the active children depicted on the other titles. The book also has fewer internal pictures of youngsters, although there is a spread of a boy surrounded by wedges of cake, pie, and pizza. Other spreads depict and discuss doorstops, nails, and airplane wings. In Roll, skateboards, playground slides, and roller coasters are used as examples. Best of all is Scoop, which clearly describes several versions of the lever, found in the playground, garage, and kitchen. Tiresdiscusses wheel sizes, gears, cranks, etc. Unfortunately, axles is misspelled on the cover. Each book has an activity and Fun Facts. The FactHound Web sites listed add more information, but dont take kids to any fun, interactive sites. If you have Sally Hewitts Machines We Use (Childrens Press, 1998) or Anne Welsbachers Understanding Simple Machines series (Capstone, 2001), you may not need these books.–Debbie Whitbeck, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, MI
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About the Author

Michael Dahl is the author of more than 100 books for children and young adults. He has twice won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award for his nonfiction. Dahls Finnegan Zwake mystery series published by Simon & Schuster won rave reviews. Two of its titles were shortlisted for the Edgar and the Anthony mystery awards. He has also edited and written numerous graphic novels for younger readers. Dahl has spoken at schools, libraries, conferences, and bookstores across the U.S. Dahl currently lives in a haunted house in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Picture Window Books (August 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140481907X
• ISBN-13: 978-1404819078
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #599,618 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #99 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Physics

More About the Author

Michael Dahl is the author of more than 200 books for children and young adults. His nonfiction has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times. His Finnegan Zwake mystery series published by Simon & Schuster won rave reviews and two of its titles were shortlisted for the Edgar and the Anthony Mystery Awards. He has written The Everything Kid's Joke Book as well as Gotcha Covered! (with Kathleen Baxter from School Library Journal) on nonfiction books that get kids excited about reading. Dahl is the Editorial Director for Stone Arch Books based in Minneapolis, where his books have won national design awards and been selected by the Junior Library Guild. His fantasy series, The Library of Doom, is the most-read series by hi-lo readers across the country. He has spoken at numerous schools, libraries, bookstores, and conferences inn the US and UK, including ALA, AASL, Renaissance Learning, TLA and IRA. He lives in a haunted house.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great series!, June 5, 2010

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This review is from: Cut, Chop, and Stop: A Book About Wedges (Amazing Science: Simple Machines) (Paperback)

Leave it to Michael Dahl to do a tremendous job on simple machines. His books on the parts oof speech (illustrated by Sara Gray) are keepers -- and this series is also very worthwhile. Denise Shae's illustrations make the concepts easy to understand. I love how she "zooms in" on the action sometimes, like with chisels.

This book is about how we use wedges. It even has an experiment at the back. Very well done, and not just for little kids -- it's a great book about machines for any physics learner.