Going Up! - Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top

Zusatztext   “… In his realistic! fine-lined illustrations! Parkins … captures the narrative’s broad! high-energy tone in images of the inventor with eyes bulging! mouth wide open and arms flung out wildly during various Eureka! moments….” — Kirkus Reviews “Kulling gives lesser-known inventor Elisha Otis a lift in this latest entry into the Great Idea series…. [T]his picture-book biography gives a lively account of Otis’ world-changing invention. Caricatured expressions set against detailed backdrops add playfulness to the informative text.” —Booklist Informationen zum Autor Monica Kulling; illustrated by David Parkins Klappentext This is the fourth book in Tundra's Great Idea Serie s of biographies for young readers. The story behind the invention of the elevator is one that all young children can relate to! The previous books in the series have been well reviewed, and this new book will be equally compelling. A short, fully illustrated biography in the award-winning GREAT IDEA SERIES, about the man who invented the elevator - Elijah Otis. The man who enabled the hi-rise, and other feats of modern architecture. Zusammenfassung This is the fourth book in Tundra's Great Idea Serie s of biographies for young readers. The story behind the invention of the elevator is one that all young children can relate to! The previous books in the series have been well reviewed! and this new book will be equally compelling.   A short! fully illustrated biography in the award-winning GREAT IDEA SERIES! about the man who invented the elevator - Elijah Otis. The man who enabled the hi-rise! and other feats of modern architecture.

Product details

• Authors: Monica Kulling, Monica/ Parkins Kulling, Kulling Monica, David Parkins
• Assisted by: David Parkins (Illustration)
• Publisher: Tundra Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.10.2012
• EAN: 9781770492400
• ISBN: 978-1-77049-240-0
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 262 mm x 9 mm
• Series: Great Idea (Tundra Books); Great Idea Series; Great Idea Series; Great Idea
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Interest age: from c 5 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past