wheels

Provides a simple introduction to the use of levers, pulleys, and wheels to move heavy objects.

Family members parade their favorite types of wheels, from one wheelbarrow to ten cartwheels.

Photographs, diagrams, and simple text describes how wheels and axles work.

Rhyming text and lift-the-flap illustrations depict a variety of things that move on wheels, and invite the reader to guess their identity. Presented in English and French.

This book uses everyday examples to show how wheels and axles are simple machines that make carrying, pushing, and mixing easier.

Explains the science of how wheels and cranks work, discussing real-life examples such as car wheels, bicycle wheels, and crank handles, and includes activities that illustrate the principles covered.

Describes work, machines, friction, wheels and axles, and gears in everyday surroundings, and presents experiments that explain how they work.

Text and pictures describe a variety of vehicles for young readers.

Explains in basic terms the physical principles behind the use and operation of wheels and gears, with diagrams that provide several examples involving doorknobs, steering wheels, and pulleys.