From Steel to Bicycle

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 14, 2015

Review

This non-fiction picture book is part of the series Start to Finish. Just as the title suggests, readers are taken through the process of how how bikes are manufactured. The format provides one sentence in bold text followed by a paragraph in simple sentence structure on the left and a stock photograph on the right on each two page spread. New words pertaining to the process appear in bold in the text. The format provides a table of context in the front, a glossary of words that are new in the back. Further information and an index complete the back matter. The stock photographs used depict a multicultural population. This title would be useful in transportation themed story times and also provide teachers with supplemental common core information. This series is popular with younger readers who are interested in how things work and bicycles are a high-interest subject.

Overall Book Score: excellent