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Title: The Erie Canal
Author: Lisa Bullard
Narrator: Intuitive
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-19-17
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
Have you ever heard of a road that was built for boats? That's what the Erie Canal is. In the 1800s, people dug a canal that was 363 miles long. It helped link the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Can you guess how long it took to build the canal? Or why the canal was important? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about some remarkable sites in the Famous Places series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!
Members Reviews:
15 miles on the Erie Canal!
Factual, colorful and interesting but written for children.
Five Stars
GOOD BOOK
This is an excellent introductory history of the Erie Canal! Do you know what a "hoggee" is?
Early settlers in the United States thought that the country would fare better if it were larger and by building a canal, "a waterway for boats," they could expand the country. One of the routes they were looking at to the west crossed Appalachian Mountain chain, but without a canal travel was tedious and difficult. One possibility was "from the Hudson River to Lake Erie." People and products needed to be able to go back and forth from the East coast to the Great Lakes region if they wanted growth. In 1817 DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, decided to go ahead with the plan to build the Erie canal.
The job was going to be no mean feat and "men and horses would have to do the hard work." In this book you will learn the dimensions of the canal, what a towpath is, the reason they built locks, you'll get a glimpse at a massive lock system, you'll learn about aqueducts, when the canal finally opened, how long it is, the route it spanned, packet boats, barges that "carried products west to east," the growth of cities, its hub, later improvements, how railroads "took away more and more canal business" and other very interesting facts.
This is a nice concise history of the Erie Canal. It was well written and the numerous photographs, maps, period illustrations and art reproductions added a lot to this introductory history. There are many dialogue balloons that talk about a point being made in the text. For example, one says "In one part of the canal, five locks raised the boats and five others lowered them-much like an escalator." I did notice one typo, which does not detract from the quality of the book. On page nineteen the word aqueduct(s) is spelled correctly in the text, but is incorrectly spelled "aquaduct" in a balloon. A bit of Wite-Out and a pen will easily fix the error. In the back of the book is an index, a glossary, some "Fun Facts," and additional recommended book and website resources. Do you know why some children were called "hoggees?" If not, you will find out in this book!
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Title: The Erie Canal
Author: Lisa Bullard
Narrator: Intuitive
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-19-17
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
Have you ever heard of a road that was built for boats? That's what the Erie Canal is. In the 1800s, people dug a canal that was 363 miles long. It helped link the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Can you guess how long it took to build the canal? Or why the canal was important? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about some remarkable sites in the Famous Places series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!
Members Reviews:
15 miles on the Erie Canal!
Factual, colorful and interesting but written for children.
Five Stars
GOOD BOOK
This is an excellent introductory history of the Erie Canal! Do you know what a "hoggee" is?
Early settlers in the United States thought that the country would fare better if it were larger and by building a canal, "a waterway for boats," they could expand the country. One of the routes they were looking at to the west crossed Appalachian Mountain chain, but without a canal travel was tedious and difficult. One possibility was "from the Hudson River to Lake Erie." People and products needed to be able to go back and forth from the East coast to the Great Lakes region if they wanted growth. In 1817 DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, decided to go ahead with the plan to build the Erie canal.
The job was going to be no mean feat and "men and horses would have to do the hard work." In this book you will learn the dimensions of the canal, what a towpath is, the reason they built locks, you'll get a glimpse at a massive lock system, you'll learn about aqueducts, when the canal finally opened, how long it is, the route it spanned, packet boats, barges that "carried products west to east," the growth of cities, its hub, later improvements, how railroads "took away more and more canal business" and other very interesting facts.
This is a nice concise history of the Erie Canal. It was well written and the numerous photographs, maps, period illustrations and art reproductions added a lot to this introductory history. There are many dialogue balloons that talk about a point being made in the text. For example, one says "In one part of the canal, five locks raised the boats and five others lowered them-much like an escalator." I did notice one typo, which does not detract from the quality of the book. On page nineteen the word aqueduct(s) is spelled correctly in the text, but is incorrectly spelled "aquaduct" in a balloon. A bit of Wite-Out and a pen will easily fix the error. In the back of the book is an index, a glossary, some "Fun Facts," and additional recommended book and website resources. Do you know why some children were called "hoggees?" If not, you will find out in this book!