Great Minds and Finds in Asia by Mike Downs

Great Minds and Finds in Asia by Mike Downs

GREAT MINDS AND FINDS IN ASIA: Elementary-aged readers will discover people, places, and inventions from the world's largest continent in this 32-page nonfiction book, which takes children on a journey to Asia

DISCOVERY READER FOR KIDS: What do kites, writing, gunpowder, and the number zero have in common? They all have histories in Asia Discover the great minds and finds of ancient and modern Asia in this exciting learning adventure.

INCLUDES: Features a wide array of modern and ancient examples, from art and science to history and technology. Also includes after-reading questions, a glossary, an index, and an extension activity.

BENEFITS: Readers will be hooked from beginning to end with mesmerizing facts, vivid photos, and helpful maps that bring each place to life. Children will learn how each continent's great minds and finds have influenced the world.

WHY ROURKE: Since 1980, we've been committed to bringing out the best non-fiction books to help you bring out the best in your young learners. Our carefully crafted topics encourage all students who are learning to read and reading to learn

Passion is a sustaining element in Mike's life. After a forty-year career of professionally racing factory sports cars, writing became that passion. As an avid follower of American history and early Auto Racing Mike combined the two in novels. He finds bringing to life fictional characters in historical events and locations fulfills his passion. Making the stories and characters exciting is a grand challenge. The many hours involved in crafting a novel are enjoyable ones spent trying to become a better story teller. Finding new ways to illuminate a scene to bring the reader into the moment is a lovely satisfaction. His stories take place in the fascinating era of the 1920's to the 1940's. Auto racing then was truly death defying, an adventure in itself. To that, he adds characters living their fast paced lives on the go. Sometimes their adventures are caught up in Nazi intrigues where they must raise their game in order to survive. Love and passion are essential ingredients for these characters also. For them living life on the edge is sometimes more than they bargained for. The Mare Island World War Two novels are about the adventures of the men and women working on America's largest West Coast Naval Yard. 45000 workers daily filed into the yard during the war, they worked in three shifts, 8 hours a day 24 hours 7 days a week. Ships of all types had their battle damage repaired on the yard. Our finest generation lived, loved, and dedicated their lives to the war effort. One of the novel's Mare Island characters devotes his life to submarines, another to protecting the yard from saboteurs. A hunger for action and justice drives the characters here. Living in Northern California, Downs is able to indulge in another passion, research. The San Francisco area is rich in libraries, museums, old naval bases, and parks. He and his wife and make frequent trips to Mare Island, going to the museum and hiking the grounds. He also writes articles for Victory Lane Magazine. His wife Kathy, creates the cover art for the novels and does the editing. Both he and his wife have businesses in an area of Auto racing. She in graphic arts, promotional products, and embroidery. His business outside writing is building racing engines and classic race car restoration. Together reading and writing consume their sun-filled days.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781731637949
ISBN 10	1731637942
Titel	Great Minds and Finds in Asia
Autor	Downs
Serie	Discoveries Around The World
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Bridges
Erscheinungsjahr	2020-08-11
Seitenanzahl	32
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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