| Bertha Takes a Drive: How the Benz Automobile Changed the World Contributor(s): Adkins, Jan (Author), Adkins, Jan (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1580896960 ISBN-13: 9781580896962 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Dewey: 796.709 |
| LCCN: 2014010488 |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 10.6" W x 9.6" (1.10 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 192971 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this nonfiction joyride, Bertha Benz and her sons drive across Germany in the world's first automobile. It's 1888 and Bertha Benz's husband, Karl, has invented the prototype Benz motorwagen. But the German government declares the vehicle illegal, and the church calls it the devil's work. Unbeknownst to her husband, Bertha steals away with her two sons and drives nearly one hundred miles to prove just how amazing the motorwagen is. Bertha's mechanical savvy gets the boys to Grandma's house safely, and the remarkable mother/son road trip reduces global concern about moving vehicles. |