Book Description
An Illustrated Guide to the 250 Most Important Car Parts and how they work.


From the Publisher
Author and illustrator Tom Newton is a school psychologist. How Cars Work was developed as a high interest mini-textbook for teens, but is also used by automotive service managers and mechanics to help customers understand repairs. This book can be found in adult literacy programs, high schools, and middle schools. How Cars Work makes it fun and easy to learn how cars work.


From the Author
"When I opened my tutoring center I could not find enough interesting reading material for my teenage students, especially the boys. So I started writing short descriptions about car parts aimed at improving reading comprehension. I used simple drawings to help students visualize and associate the car parts with the words. Eventually I had enough material for a complete book and, well, this is it!"


About the Author
Author Tom Newton owns and operates the Newton Learning Center, a tutoring service specilizing in reading problems. A school psychologist and former graduate student of Marshall McLuhhan Newton explains: "When I opened my tutoring center I couldn't find enough reading material for my teenage students, especially the boys. So I started writing short descriptions about car parts aimed at improving reading comprehension. I used simple drawings to help students visualize and associalte the car parts with the words. Eventually I had enough material for a complete car book and..well...this is it!


Excerpted from How Cars Work by Tom Newton. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved
How Cars Work: * Explains the fundamentals of auto mechanics * Describes the 250 most important car parts and how they work * Contains 96 pages, seven chapters, an index, and a glossary * Uses a "one topic per page" format Each Chapter: * Describes a major automotive system * Begins with the general view, then discusses specific parts * Has a test at the end Each Page: * Describes a single topic, part, or system of parts * Has an illustration to identify and locate topic parts * Has text to explain how it all works How Cars Work: * Gives the reader a general understanding of mechanical devices * Allows the reader to understand automotive workshop manuals * Prepares the reader for beginning do-it-yourself car projects * Equips the reader for logically solving car problems