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Going Up!
  • Published: 15 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9781770492400
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00

Going Up!

Elisha Otis's Trip to the Top

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27 Feb 2018
Hardback
15 Oct 2012
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This is the fourth book in Tundra's Great Idea Series of biographies for young readers. The story behind the invention of the elevator is one that all young children can relate to! The previous books in the series have been well reviewed, and this new book will be equally compelling.

This is the fourth book in Tundra's Great Idea Series of biographies for young readers. The story behind the invention of the elevator is one that all young children can relate to! The previous books in the series have been well reviewed, and this new book will be equally compelling.
 
A short, fully illustrated biography in the award-winning GREAT IDEA SERIES, about the man who invented the elevator - Elijah Otis. The man who enabled the hi-rise, and other feats of modern architecture.
  • Published: 15 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9781770492400
  • Imprint: Tundra Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $35.00
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About the author

Monica Kulling

Monica Kulling was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She received a BA in creative writing from the University of Victoria. Monica is the author of over 50 books for children, including the popular Great Idea series, stories of inventors. The third book in the series, In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up, was chosen as a Once Upon a World Children's Book Award Honor Book by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The sixth book in the series, Spic-and-Span! Lillian Gilbreth's Wonder Kitchen won the North Dakota Library Association 2016 Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award in the nonfiction category. Monica Kulling lives in Toronto, Canada.
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Clean Sweep! Frank Zamboni's Ice Machine
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Praise for Going Up!

PRAISE for IT'S A SNAP: GEORGE EASTMAN'S FIRST PHOTOGRAPH
"[This] book will entertain and inform readers... This is terrific storytelling." SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

PRAISE for ALL ABOARD: ELIJAH MCCOY'S STEAM ENGINE:
a lively character study, history lesson and celebration of mechanical engineering --a satisfying read for children between Grades 1 and 3 who are beginning to read on their own." THE TORONTO STAR