Levers to the Rescue

Levers to the Rescue
Author: Sharon Thales
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736867474

Presents examples of levers used in the past and in everyday contemporary life.

Wedges to the Rescue

Wedges to the Rescue
Author: Sharon Thales
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736867504

Desbribe what wedges are, how they work, and how they are used.

Big Machines Rescue!

Big Machines Rescue!
Author: Catherine Veitch
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1484605888

These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines that come to our rescue including fire engines, lifeboats, and helicopters. Find out which rescue machine is the mightiest of them all!

Inclined Planes to the Rescue

Inclined Planes to the Rescue
Author: Sharon Thales
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2007
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780736867528

Explains how inclined planes are used, presenting examples from the past and in everyday contemporary life.

Playing a Game

Playing a Game
Author: Mari Schuh
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467782971

These kids are playing a game, trying to move a person with a simple machine. Which will work better—an inclined plane or a lever? Readers will see them compare the simple machines to decide. This book supports engineering design standards for primary grades in the Next Generation Science Standards.

Holding a Door Open

Holding a Door Open
Author: Mari Schuh
Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467780251

"Is it easier to lift toys with a wheel and axle or a wedge? Readers will learn about how simple machines work in this book for early readers" --

I Use Simple Machines

I Use Simple Machines
Author: Buffy Silverman
Publisher: Britannica Digital Learning
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1615358927

Emergent readers are introduced to simple machines and how we use them to move things.

The Fort on Fourth Street

The Fort on Fourth Street
Author: Lois Spangler
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1607186209

Building a fort in the backyard, a grandfather and granddaughter get help from six simple machines: lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, screw, and wedge.

Going Ice Fishing

Going Ice Fishing
Author: Mari Schuh
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467783013

Is it easier to move ice with a lever or a screw? Readers will see how a group of kids compares two simple machines and decides which one does a better job at moving the ice. This book supports engineering design standards for primary grades in the Next Generation Science Standards.

Drew the Screw

Drew the Screw
Author: Mattia Cerato
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2016-02-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 082343589X

Every tool has a job—but what can Drew the Screw do? Find out in this Level E reader, perfect for Kindergarten and first-grade readers. The pencil draws lines. The saw can cut. But unlike everyone else in the toolshed, Drew the screw has no job. He watches as one by one the tools show off their skills . . . and then he finds his own hidden talent, holding up a Home, Sweet Home sign in a newly-built treehouse. Bright digital drawings of cartoonish tools happily going about their jobs are paired with a very simple text, appropriate for children just beginning to read on their own. Explore all the different things tools can do—and the joy of finding your own special talents!—with Drew. The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own! Level E stories feature a distinct beginning, middle, and end, with kid-friendly illustrations offering clues for more challenging sentences. Varied punctuation and simple contractions may be included. Level E books are suitable for early first graders. When Level E is mastered, follow up with Level F.