Synopsis

Capturing an engineer's creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world's most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel.
A fun, fact-filled text by Kathryn Gibbs Davis combines with Gilbert Ford's dazzling full-color illustrations to transport readers to the 1893 World's Fair, where George Ferris and his big, wonderful wheel lifted passengers to the skies for the first time.

Author: Kathryn Gibbs Davis
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/02/2014
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.30h x 10.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780547959221
Award: Cook Prize - Honor Book
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book
Award: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 137
Booklist 06/01/2014 pg. 84
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2014
Publishers Weekly 09/01/2014
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2014 pg. 19
Shelf Awareness 09/12/2014
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2014 pg. 37
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw