About This Book
Reach for this book when your child starts taking apart household appliances or asking complex questions about how skyscrapers stay upright during a storm. It serves as a bridge between idle curiosity and foundational scientific understanding, transforming the built environment from a backdrop into a fascinating puzzle of physics and human ingenuity. Through clear explanations and engaging visuals, Tom Jackson explores the materials and principles that allow machines to function and buildings to endure. Beyond the technical specs, the book emphasizes the persistence and creativity required to solve engineering challenges. It is perfectly pitched for the middle-grade reader who is ready to move past simple picture books into more detailed, data-driven exploration of the STEM world.
What Parents Should Know
Sensitive Topics
The book is entirely secular and objective. It briefly touches on the consequences of engineering failures, such as bridge collapses or structural weaknesses, but the approach is clinical and focused on the lessons learned to improve future safety.
