Thursday, August 24, 2017

Potts, Nikki. My First Guide To Fast Vehicles.

Potts, Nikki. My First Guide To Fast Vehicles. Capstone Publishers      2017  24p   $25.32  ISBN 978-1-5157-3594-6  elem  Nonfiction  VG   

Elementary students who enjoy reading about race cars and fast vehicles will appreciate this new title in the My First Guides series.  Written in an easy-to-comprehend manner, students gain a basic understanding of high-speed land, air, and sea vehicles.  Students learn about ATV’s, helicopters, trains, hydroplanes, sport bikes, dragsters, race cars, and supercars. 

The author includes gorgeous color photographs, interesting facts, inter-mixed vocabulary definitions, a glossary of terms, a list of recommended books, a special code to use on FactHound to gain additional information, critical thinking questions using the Common Core, and an index.     

The series is My First Guides.  As of this review, six titles have been published for elementary students featuring fun facts  that introduce readers to military vehicles, robots, and other topics.

Summary: “Readers will have an up-close look at the fastest cars, trains, bikes and more. Includes fact boxes and full-color images of vehicles in action.”     


Automobiles, Racing; Transportation                   --Charleen Forba-MacCain

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