We know what a wheel is, but do we really know all that it does? Everywhere you look, there are wheels - wheels that deliver things, wheels that help people do their jobs, and wheels that help build and fix things. Through lively, colorful photographs and simple text, Wheels Around depicts the many uses of wheels in everyday life - in the country and the city, at work and at play.
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PreSchool-K- From roller blades to the more unusual shots of a running stroller, wheelchair, wheelbarrow, and motorcycle sidecar, this visually exciting look at wheels will certainly hold children's interest. Bold borders of red, blue, and green frame vibrant full-color photos that explore the many contemporary uses of this important invention. Rotner includes an impressive variety of colorful vehicles-a red sports car (with a dog in the driver's seat), community-helper vehicles, trucks, heavy equipment, and all manner of tractors and trailers. The text disappoints only on a couple of minor counts: e.g., in one instance, a list of types of cars is presented as a sentence, and the placement of pictures does not always correspond with the narrative sequence. Dayle Dodds's Wheel Away! (HarperCollins, 1989) is not as basic in presentation or as appealing. Youngsters will come around asking for Wheels Around again and again.
Marsha McGrath, Clearwater Public Library, FL
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Marsha McGrath, Clearwater Public Library, FL
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 2^-6. Bright, clear color photographs show people on wheels, and a brief descriptive text makes you look closely at how wheeled vehicles work. The pictures portray a huge garbage truck, a fire truck, a girl coaxing a horse into a trailer, two kids racing to an ice-cream truck, a tractor trailer packed with cars, a boy in a wheelchair in the woods, a mail truck, etc. Occasionally, the page design is crowded with a combination of photos that may be confusing for the youngest kids, but generally there's one big, bold photo per page. All those eager vehicle-watchers will love the action of how wheels help to fix and build, deliver and pull, and take us to places where we need to go. Hazel Rochman
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Great book for kids who love trucks.,
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This is a wonderful book to share with all children interested in trucks,cars and anything with wheels. In my day care program it is read everyday!
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