How Machines Work: Zoo Break! [Hardcover]

Award-winning artist David Macaulay introduces readers to his hilarious new creations, Sloth and Sengi, inHow Machines Work: Zoo Break!

Complete with a unique jacket with an interactive compound machine incorporating several of the simple mechanisms featured in the book,How Machines Work: Zoo Break!uses models and illustrations to demonstrate the technology of six simple machines: levers, pulleys, screws, inclined planes, wedges, and wheels.

Follow the mad antics of Sloth and his sidekick Sengi as they try to find their way out of the zoo with the help of machines. Their efforts are brought to life through novelty elements including pop-ups, pull-outs, and lift-the-flaps, allowing readers to explore in greater depth how and why machines work. Spreads highlight the use of simple machines in everyday objects, such as scissors and clocks, mixers and whisks, bikes and brakes, while the story contains clear and simple text to engage the reader.

Youngsters will be eager to get their hands on this simply amazing book. —Booklist (Starred Review)

Expertly blending comedy with a substantive look at physics and mechanics. —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

With much use of flaps, pop-ups, and inset booklets, the author expands on the comical plotline with glimpses of construction machinery, hydraulics, and several types of levers in action. —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

…a vivid interactive introduction to simple scientific principles all neatly wrapped up in a story. —TheGuardian.com

This ingenious, entertaining, sturdily built book is sure to get the wheels turning for young engineers-in-the-works. —Shelf Awareness for Readers

As robust and inviting a physical book as you can possibly get. —The New York Times Book Review

Illustrated with humor and affection…easily keeps the realƒ6