Cars : engines that move you
A young reader's introduction to where cars came from and how they work. Presented in comic book format.
"In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars, you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline - or electric batteries, or even steam - make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its explosive effects on our modern lives."--Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781626728226
- ISBN: 1626728224
- ISBN: 9781626728219
- ISBN: 1626728216
- Physical Description: 121 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : First Second, 2019.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "From oddball inventors tinkering in their grages to global corporations, learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline--or an electric battery, or even steam--make a car move? Rev your motor and see how cars have impacted billions of people and the world around us. Vroom, vroom!"--Page 4 of cover. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 121). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Intake : prehistory of cars -- Compression : putting it all together -- Power : explosive growth -- Exhaust : cars and our environment -- Glossary. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | J 629.222 ZET (Text) | 000152430 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |