Athletic Shoes
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Summary
Which athletic shoe is right for you? Readers will learn about the materials that go into athletic shoes and how athletic shoes are produced and sold to millions of people all around the world.
Specifications
- Level: Grade 4 - Grade 8
- Dewey: 685.36
- Reinforced book (9781602790278): 7.5 x 9.5, 32 pages, © 2008
- PDF (9781602791626): 32 pages, © 2008
- Hosted ebook (9781602791626H): 32 pages, © 2008
- Series: 21st Century Skills Library
- Subseries: Global Products
Leveling
- Accelerated Reader® Quiz: 117907
- Accelerated Reader® Reading Level: 6.4
- Accelerated Reader® Interest Level: MG
- Accelerated Reader® Points: 1.0
BISAC Subjects
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / How Things Work-Are Made (JNF051120)
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Business & Economics (JNF010000)
Table of Contents
- From Plimsolls to Computer Chips
- Where the Shoe Hits the Road
- Melting and Molding
- Making Them Last
- Someone Else's Shoes
- Map
- Glossary
- For More Information
- Index
- About the Author
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Contributors
Author: Dana Meachen Rau
Dana Meachen Rau is the author of more than 200 books for children. She has written a variety of nonfiction titles on many subjects, including books on history, science, toys, and crafts, as well as biographies. When she is not working in her home office, she is outside walking or running in her sneakers around her neighborhood in Burlington, Connecticut.
Content Adviser: Cameron Kippen
Podologist and Sneaker Historian, Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales, Australia