Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Step into Reading) Kindle Edition

I restore Model T Fords and want my grandkids to understand how they came about and how they influenced the making of the automobile, the production line and the automobile industry in the USA but the world. My daughter has established a very nice kids library and that is what these books are for. I restore Model T Fords and want my grandkids to understand how they came about and how they influenced the making of the automobile, the production line and the automobile industry in the USA but the world. My daughter has established a very nice kids library and that is what these books are for

I must admit, my kindergartener and I are great fans of the Step Into Reading series of books. Since my daughter had completed the Step 2 books in the Step Into Reading series of books, I decided to go ahead and purchase the Step 3 books. I was a bit hesitant because I noticed there is quite a big leap between the Step 2 and Step 3 books, especially in terms of vocabulary and sentence structure. The vocabulary is more advanced with higher order words, and the sentences are longer. I was also concerned that my daughter might not like the topics which seemed to be more 'academic' with history-based stories. My worries were unfounded. She loves the books and is reading them with very little help from me (and I enjoy listening to the stories!)These books are excellent for building children's reading skills as well as increasing their confidence in reading. Once you've completed the Step 1 and Step 2 books (I would advise proceeding level by level), the Step 3 books are not as daunting as they might first appear. In "Eat My Dust!", children are introduced to Henry Ford and learn about his contributions. The illustrations enhance the story and add a fun element which will appeal to young children.I can't recommend these books highly enough - they are great for building reading skills, and also educational. This book is a great introduction to history, and I also came up with a series of short comprehension questions based on the story in this book so as to hone my daughter's comprehension skills (e.g. "What sort of vehicle did Henry Ford drive?", "What event did Henry Ford participate in?", etc. ). These books are not only great intermediate readers but might also inculcate in children a great love of history.

My granddaughter, who is in first grade, loved it! She picked up some history, as well as some pop culture phrases ("Eat my dust!" and Tin Lizzy). After we read it, we went and looked at actual photos of Henry Ford and his cars. I expect I will soon hear her running around, yelling out, "Eat my dust!"

I was disappointed with this book as I am with other biographies in this series. In this case there was too much emphasis on Henry Ford the race car driver, rather than Henry Ford the inventor. Though my children enjoyed this book, they are confused about who Henry Ford actually was.

This whole series of books are good, and reasonably historically accurate. The reason I like this one is because it was exciting enough to grab the interest of my reluctant reader grandson. He "had to read 10 minutes a day", and he tortured through them one word at a time. As this book got into the race section, he realized it was a story and paid attention to what he was reading. He has read better and enjoyed books since then. Needless to say, I have bought him, his brother and sister more of the books in this series.

For my granddaughter's 5th birthday and a beginning avid reader --- her Dad is into cars  Eat My Dust! Henry Ford's First Race (Step into Reading)  and speed (as in driving) and this should pique her curiosity. Can't wait for it (next month). Will try to remember to update then.

Great book for my 7 year old. he loves it so much and has always been looking out for ford vehicles on the road since reading the book

Great read! My 7yo is competitive and a runner so mixing a race with a history lesson was a home run.

Grandson had bought a library book from school on cars, and it had the model t ford in it, I had just received this book and it was very appropiate story the book is just the right length, with actual photo of the race in the back. these type of stories are a good introduction to various subjects. Grandson is 7 and felt this was just right for him

This book is being used as an additional resource for our kids' education.Excellent quality in content and material.We recommend these without question

Esta colección de libros es excelente para los pequeños qué empiezan a leer en inglés. Este en particular trae buen balance de texto y dibujos para que los pequeños comprendan mejor la historia

Super fun story!Your young ones will love it!

Good read for the little ones, my 6 year old read alone and found it very informative.