Paperback Coming Fall 2021

Save the Crash-test Dummies

An Action-Packed Journey through the History of Car Safety Engineering

by Jennifer Swanson
illustrated by TeMika Grooms

Jump in the driver’s seat for this entertaining, STEM-filled tour of the history of car production and the science and engineering that makes cars safe.

★ “[An] innovative blend of history, technology, and engineering…. STEM at its best.”—Booklist, STARRED REVIEW

Cars take us to work. To school. To soccer practice. To the grocery store and home again. Can you imagine a world without them? It’s not so easy!

One of the reasons we can use cars so much in our everyday lives is because they are safe to drive. But that hasn’t always been the case. If it weren’t for the experiments conducted over decades that involved all kinds of crash test volunteers―dead, alive, animal, or automated―cars as we know them might not be around. And then how would you get to school?

Filled with fun four‐wheeled nuggets of history and explanations of how cars actually work, this nonfiction book from former science educator and award-winning author Jennifer Swanson will appeal to lovers of all things that go and readers who are interested in getting under the hood and seeing how things work. Available in eBook.

Awards:

Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Award Silver Honor ―California Reading Association
Best STEM Books ―ASEE / ITEEA / NSTA / SEPA / CBC
Parents’ Choice Gold Award ―Parents’ Choice Foundation