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Specifications
Number of Pages: 40
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
Sub-Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Age Range: 4-8 years
Book theme: Historical
Author: Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Language: English
Street Date: September 2, 2014
TCIN: 15735736
UPC: 9780547959221
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-9225
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* "Davis' picture-book bio soars, inspires, and keeps (the pages) ever turning"
--Booklist, starred review
"The modernist look, inherently interesting topic, and strong documentation...make this title a positive addition."
--School Library Journal
"Kids who take ferris wheels for granted should find this history eye-opening."
--Kirkus
"Davis's picture-book account of the Ferris Wheel construction does a first-rate job of capturing the many risks--to civic pride, financial success, and public safety--that attached to the first iteration of what most readers have already enjoyed as a local carnival attraction."
--Bulletin
"Davis delivers a tense and satisfying underdog story, while Ford creates a stylized 19th-century landscape."
--Publishers Weekly
"[An] informative and entertaining account."
--Wall Street Journal
--Booklist, starred review
"The modernist look, inherently interesting topic, and strong documentation...make this title a positive addition."
--School Library Journal
"Kids who take ferris wheels for granted should find this history eye-opening."
--Kirkus
"Davis's picture-book account of the Ferris Wheel construction does a first-rate job of capturing the many risks--to civic pride, financial success, and public safety--that attached to the first iteration of what most readers have already enjoyed as a local carnival attraction."
--Bulletin
"Davis delivers a tense and satisfying underdog story, while Ford creates a stylized 19th-century landscape."
--Publishers Weekly
"[An] informative and entertaining account."
--Wall Street Journal
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Easy to read, informative and totally engulfing....
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