From Iron to Car

January 1, 2004
Color photographs and simple texts characterize these books designed for beginning readers. Children interested in these topics will find most of the illustrations helpful, but readers will have to look elsewhere for more substantive information about these topics. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Start to Finish titles: "From Tree to Table, From Sea to Salt, From Iron to Car, " and "From Sand to Glass". ]

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July 1, 2013
Designed for young readers, these books provide very basic but adequate introductions to three everyday consumer products. Each follows a natural resource (forests, iron ore, and petroleum) through a step-by-step process to a finished product. Simple statements are rather sketchy, often failing to provide enough information about complex operations. Large color photographs enhance the texts. Glos., ind.

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