Made in the USA - Snowboards [Hardcover]

Tanya Lee Stone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 8, 2000 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Made in the USA

Pick up your Special Visitor's Pass and come along for a tour through some of America's most interesting factories in this series.

You'll get a behind-the-scenes look at how familiar items like crayons, sneakers, chocolate, and guitars are made. And you'll have a chance to see and understand the whole manufacturing process--from raw materials through finished product.

As you tour, you'll see how each company has solved special problems and challenges in putting its product together. You'll also appreciate what people can accomplish with good technology and some creative thinking!

By the time you're done, you'll really appreciate just how much work goes into making some of your favorite things! Each volume includes:

• Glossary
• For More Information
• Index

(20011101)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-These series titles examine the manufacturing processes of specific products in a step-by-step, straightforward manner. Although the authors try to simplify their descriptions, younger, less-accomplished readers may struggle with some vocabulary and the more complex sequencing. At least one good-quality photograph appears on every page. The illustrations help to clarify the text and will pique the interest of browsers. Unfortunately, while the focus on one company (and one facility) lends authenticity to the production steps described, some children may see this as a product endorsement, particularly in the case of the snowboards. Still, these are items and topics of high interest, and libraries will want to consider purchasing these titles.
Steve Clancy, Colonial Village Elementary School, Niagara Falls, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Blackbirch Press; 1 edition (September 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567114806
• ISBN-13: 978-1567114805
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #432,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Outdoor Recreation > Snowboarding
  • #94 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > How Things Work

More About the Author

Tanya Lee Stone is an award-winning author of books for kids and teens. Stone went to performing arts high school in New Haven, CT and went on to major in English at Oberlin College (and study Voice at Oberlin Conservatory). After graduation she moved to New York and became an editor. Stone was an editor for more than a dozen years and has a Masters Degree in Science Education. She teaches Writing for Children at Champlain College.

After moving to Vermont, Stone became a full-time writer and has published more than 90 books for young readers. She writes picture books, nonfiction, and Young Adult fiction. Her newest nonfiction books have garnered some major awards. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (Candlewick 09), received a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, Jane Addams Honor, YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, Orbis Pictus Honor, and was awarded ALA's Sibert Medal for the best nonfiction book for young readers of 2010. The Good the Bad, and the Barbie won SCBWI's Golden Kite Award for the best nonfiction book of the year for 2011.

Her Young Adult novel, A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl (Wendy Lamb/Random House) was an IRA Young Adult Choice, an ALA Quick Picks, an NYPL Book for the Teen Age, and SLJ Book of the Month. Her newest nonfiction picture books, Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote and Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder received starred reviews and were put on several state award lists. Elizabeth Leads the Way is also an ALA Notable, an Amelia Bloomer Award title, and a CBC Notable Social Studies Book.

Forthcoming titles include picture books about Elizabeth Blackwell and Jane Addams, as well as a YA nonfiction book about the first black paratroopers in WWII called Courage Has No Color.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEHIND THE SCENES AT BURTON SNOWBOARD FACTORY!, December 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Made in the USA - Snowboards (Hardcover)

Get a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Burton snowboard factory, where the world's hottest boards are made for the world's coolest sport! See how the wooden core is created and cut by computers, and how the tips, tails, and graphics are added. Special sidebars about the company's history and the sport of snowboarding add extra interest and appeal.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Book, January 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Made in the USA - Snowboards (Hardcover)

I bought this as a gift for my child who loves snowboarding. He just learned to snowboard last year and is constantly asking questions about how boards are made. Ofcourse, I did not have the correct answers for him. This has provided him with all the answers! He loved this book.

1.0 out of 5 stars Lot's of fluff, December 19, 2002

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Paul Sidello (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Made in the USA - Snowboards (Hardcover)

This book is very over-priced for what it is. Lots of colored photos, very little instruction. Most of the cost of the book is in the high quality cover, which is impressive.