Copyright Date:
2022
Edition Date:
2022
Release Date:
03/08/22
Illustrator:
Yang, James,
Pages:
1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN:
0-06-245710-1
ISBN 13:
978-0-06-245710-3
Dewey:
531
LCCN:
2021055297
Dimensions:
29 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly
(Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
This clever physics primer engages with the premise that big trucks don’t have a monopoly on the word machine—the term fits anything that leverages force “to make work easier.” Ergo, “A spoon, a knife,/ the wheels on carts,” are as much machines as those that “launch a rocket/ up and away,// or cut and bale/ late-summer hay.” As Schaefer’s economic, rhyming text explains the difference between simple machines (which have “one or two parts”) and their compound counterparts, vignettes by Yang show a highly stylized cast of figures with various skin tones in roles ranging from farmers to construction workers to chefs. But the most striking images are those that, in poster-like graphics, celebrate the awesome power of the machines themselves: a huge round wrecking ball, depicted in chronophotographic style, swings into stack of pink, orange, and yellow bricks, sending the rectangles flying. Back matter offers a brief glossary. Ages 4–8. (Mar.)
How do you make work easier? With machines, of course! Acclaimed author Lola M. Schaefer and award-winning illustrator James Yang explore various types of machines and their numerous, complex functions. A fun and interactive STEM-themed picture book for fans of David Macaulay and Byron Barton, and anyone curious about how things work and what makes things go.
Machines are everywhere. They are the spoons that scoop and the trucks that dump. They are pulleys and ramps and even a giant rocket ship flying through outer space. How many simple and compound machines can you find?
Lift, Mix, Fling! introduces readers to the six different simple machines: the screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, the inclined plane, and the wheel and axle. Lola M. Schaefer’s lively, rhyming text and James Yang’s bold and inventive illustrations make this STEM topic easy to understand and fun to explore. Lift, Mix, Fling! illustrates how machines function and why they are important—a necessary building block in science. A fun and educational choice for curious children, for classrooms, and for family story times.
Includes backmatter about simple and compound machines.
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