FROM HOVERBOARDS TO WATER SKIS TO MOVING SIDEWALKS, EVERY INVENTION OR INNOVATION IN THIS BOOK, WHETHER LARGE OR SMALL, STARTED WITH A PROBLEM: HOW TO GET PEOPLE PLACES FASTER, SAFER, EASIER OR MORE EFFICIENTLY.
Imagine the streets filled with horses and buggies, or the skies without airplanes! You might not realize that, before vehicles, it used to take days - even weeks - to visit friends or family. You'll be inspired by the important innovations in transportation over the years and the ingenious inventors, scientists, and engineers who made them.
Recommended, Best Books, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
Reviews
""This series belongs in every library, ideally positioned next to a Maker Space. What a great tool for teachers who might read aloud a section or two before issuing a design challenge.”
-National Science Teachers Association
"The examples in each of the books in "The Problem Solved! Your Turn to Think Big" series will be engaging to students in Grades 3 6 and well beyond. The books are well-written and well illustrated. The real strength of the books is in the repeated message to students to think creatively and become problem solvers now... Highly Recommended."
- CM Magazine
Innovations in Transportation
2016 / Larry Verstraete
Published by Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 978-1-7787-2686-9 (Pbk)
ISBN: 078-0-7787-2680-7 (Hrd)