Garage

by Steve Augarde

This colorful interactive book will put young mechanics to work. Can you help the busy mechanics? Raise the hydraulic lift. Remove a leaky engine. Balance a wheel. Roll up your sleeve, there's plenty... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570915075
• ISBN13: 9781570915079
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 10 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

innovative mechanisms

I couldn't say whether this book would interest children - I found a couple of the flaps surprisingly hard to open and the story entirely lacking in narrative - but purely in terms of paper engineering, it is a must-have for the collector. There is a shockingly simple but amusing set of drawers, and two examples of an eccentric-driven, ratcheting mechanism which takes two or three full movements of a lever to complete a motion and then two or three to return the visible part to its original place. Stunning!

BRIGHT AND BOLD FOR YOUNG READERS

Sturdy pop-up books that won't come apart at the touch of a very young hand seem to be in short supply, which is one reason why I was so taken with this bright, fun book by Steve Augarde. A Brit who is an animator for the BBC series Bump, Augarde has illustrated "Garage" in bold, cheerful colors and offered a realistic size (10" by 7") for 3 - 7 year-olds. Youngsters can play pretend by turning the pages and putting a car on a hydraulic lift, balancing the tires, fixing a leaky engine, and generally making a car or truck road worthy again. This is an interactive book that not only turns wheels but also young minds as they follow the activity in a busy garage. - Gail Cooke