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Ambulance

by Chris Oxlade
24p. 978-1-59566-975-9.
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Gr 2-4 Vocabulary in these titles is generally appropriate, but some words appear to be arbitrarily selected for the glossary. The texts that use the term emergency situation define emergency, but not situation, for example. The titles also lack attention to detail. Soap is not used to make firefighting foam ("Fire Truck"). The word crew is used as a plural noun, when it is singular. The chapter spreads are liberally illustrated with eye-catching color photographs that usually occupy full pages or are centered across the spread, though some are smaller. Manythe photo of a London vehicle in "Police Car", for exampleare international in nature. Captions usually relate to the text. Each title concludes with an activity page that includes a writing exercise. Marginal purchases. Copyright 2010 Media Source Inc.
This series presents very broad information about vehicles commonly used in community-rescue operations. Each volume describes the roles of various types of vehicles within the category and extends knowledge of their importance. Readers will be drawn to the large, colorful photographs and accessible texts (though the off-kilter font is distracting). Hands-on activities are included. Glos., ind. Review covers these Emergency Vehicles titles: Ambulance, Fire Truck, Police Car, and Rescue Boat.

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