Incredible Machines
Silver Dolphin
Available: 03/01/09
9.25 x 11.75 · 240 pages
Ages 8 years and up
9781592239443
CDN $16.95
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Hardcover - Spiral Bound
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Incredible Machines gives kids an amazing behind-the-scenes look at more than 300 of the world's most marvelous machines, including insanely fast drag racers, super liners like the Queen Elizabeth 2, the International Space Station, and gigantic diggers. Inside, engaging text, awesome graphic s and hundreds of dynamic photographs illustrate how these machines work and what jobs they do. Plus, large, foldout diagrams give kids a real sense of the technology behind the action. Filled with adrenaline, young readers need never be bored again!
Ian Graham is a highly experienced author having written over 180 illustrated nonfiction books and contributed many articles for magazines. After completing a degree in applied physics, he earned a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City University, London. He began work as an editor before setting up a freelance business writing and editing, including editing the magazine Space Voyager . His professional interests include, among other things, spaceflight and aviation. Ian now lives in Norfolk in the UK.
