Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Step Into Reading) Read Free Books and Download eBooks
It’s 1901 and Henry Ford wants to build a car that everyone can own. But first he needs the money to produce it. How will he get it? He enters a car race, of course! Readers will love this fast-paced, fact-based story!
Lexile Measure: 360L (What's this?)
Series: Step into Reading
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 37873rd edition (March 23, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0375815104
ISBN-13: 978-0375815102
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #20,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Automotive > Racing #7 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Inventions & Inventors #12 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Heavy Machinery
Age Range: 5 - 8 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 3
I must admit, my kindergartener and I are great fans of the Step Into Reading series of books. Since my daughter had completed the Step 2 books in the Step Into Reading series of books, I decided to go ahead and purchase the Step 3 books. I was a bit hesitant because I noticed there is quite a big leap between the Step 2 and Step 3 books, especially in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure. The vocabulary is more advanced with higher order words, and the sentences are longer. I was also concerned that my daughter might not like the topics which seemed to be more 'academic' with history-based stories. My worries were unfounded. She loves the books and is reading them with very little help from me (and I enjoy listening to the stories!)These books are excellent for building children's reading skills as well as increasing their confidence in reading. Once you've completed the Step 1 and Step 2 books (I would advise proceeding level by level), the Step 3 books are not as daunting as they might first appear. In "Eat My Dust!", children are introduced to Henry Ford and learn about his contributions. The illustrations enhance the story and add a fun element which will appeal to young children.I can't recommend these books highly enough - they are great for building reading skills, and also educational. This book is a great introduction to history, and I also came up with a series of short comprehension questions based on the story in this book so as to hone my daughter's comprehension skills (e.g. "What sort of vehicle did Henry Ford drive?", "What event did Henry Ford participate in?", etc. ). These books are not only great intermediate readers but might also inculcate in children a great love of history.
My six-year-old asked about how cars were invented, and we purchased this "easy reader" as an introduction. My six-year-old and four-year-old sons like the story. At the conclusion of the (abbreviated and simplified) account of Henry Ford and the Model T, there is an historic photo of Henry Ford which is pretty neat.
Keeping interesting reading for a beginning reader is always a challenge. Henry Ford's First Race was a winner, especially with our six year old son. The cover is now curled from repeated reading.
I'm Brazilian and bought this book for my son as his 1st english book. He is 8 years old and I read with him, helping and explaining the words and Henry's history.Really good moments !Recommended.
For my granddaughter's 5th birthday and a beginning avid reader --- her Dad is into cars Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Step into Reading) and speed (as in driving) and this should pique her curiosity. Can't wait for it (next month). Will try to remember to update then.
this was a great educational book for the kids in my classroom. It's easy to read and gives true events from history. It was a lot of fun for them and they remembered all the information in the story and could easily recall answers to questions I asked from the book.
This whole series of books are good, and reasonably historically accurate. The reason I like this one is because it was exciting enough to grab the interest of my reluctant reader grandson. He "had to read 10 minutes a day", and he tortured through them one word at a time. As this book got into the race section, he realized it was a story and paid attention to what he was reading. He has read better and enjoyed books since then. Needless to say, I have bought him, his brother and sister more of the books in this series.
This was a fun book about Henry Ford and how he won the money to create his cars. We are studying inventors and this was a fun way to teach my 1st grader and 3rd grader about Henry Ford and what he did for the automobile industry.
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