Book
Sparky's STEM guide to tanks / by Kirsty Holmes.
Record details
- ISBN: 1534540377
- ISBN: 9781534540378
- ISBN: 9781534540392
- ISBN: 1534540393
- Physical Description: 24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY : KidHaven Publishing, an imprint of Greenhaven Publishing, LLC, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. "This edition is published by arrangement with Booklife Publishing" -- Title page verso. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is a tank? -- Parts of a tank -- Inside a tank -- Caterpillar tracks! -- The turret -- What's in a name? -- Tip-top tanks -- Driving test -- Cannonball!. |
| Summary, etc.: | When tanks were first used, they changed how wars were fought. Today, tanks are getting more and more high-tech. But the main parts-turrets, caterpillar tracks, periscope-are as visible on today's tanks as on those of the past. Readers learn all about these parts as well as how one drives a tank in this book. A friendly character guides readers through the age-appropriate content, including STEM content like how caterpillar tracks work. A colorful design engages readers throughout. |
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| Subject: | Tanks (Military science) > Juvenile literature. |
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Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
BookList Review
Sparky's STEM Guide to Tanks
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Suited up in green fatigues, Commander Jeremy Sparkplug--aka Sparky--stands at the ready to school his new recruits on tanks. Sparky is also a horse, but who better to talk about horsepower? The cartoon illustrations and playful tone will easily draw in kids fascinated by vehicles. The first lesson explains what a tank is in a short paragraph placed against army grounds where several tanks rumble by, including a flame tank and a small model called a tankette. Here, Sparky is joined by Peggy, a unicorn in pink camo who is an ace gunner. The next four lessons are on the different parts of the tank, both outside and in, and clearly labeled diagrams ensure readers can visualize all the components from caterpillar tracks to turret. Interesting trivia is also included, revealing how these powerful vehicles came to be called tanks and how some tanks used in past wars had holes through which messenger pigeons could come and go. A quick "Tank Test" wraps up this entertaining entry in the Horse Power series (6 titles).
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