Bridges: Engineering Masterpieces
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Summary
Suspend your disbelief with Science Comics: Bridges， a new volume of First Second's STEM graphic novel series！
Follow Bea， Archie， Trudy， and Spencer （otherwise known as the BATS！） as they crisscross the globe using every type of bridge: beam， arch， truss， and suspension。 From ancient low-slung rope bridges to modern hi-tech towers of steel， they’ll traverse ‘em all。 Their journey will take them through history and connect them with new ideas and different cultures。 Along the way they'll identify the dangerous forces trying to bring bridges crashing down， and how to defeat them…through engineering！
Follow Bea， Archie， Trudy， and Spencer （otherwise known as the BATS！） as they crisscross the globe using every type of bridge: beam， arch， truss， and suspension。 From ancient low-slung rope bridges to modern hi-tech towers of steel， they’ll traverse ‘em all。 Their journey will take them through history and connect them with new ideas and different cultures。 Along the way they'll identify the dangerous forces trying to bring bridges crashing down， and how to defeat them…through engineering！
Reviews
Rod Brown
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A fun survey of the different ways to build bridges by way of a global tour of famous bridges with a team of four fictional characters。 It was nice to see that one of the team was an older woman who was not someone's mother or grandmother but just a person who likes bridges。 I could have done with a few less puns， but I was interested in all the bridges and the information being presented。I found it a bit ironic that a book about structures was often lacking in structure itself， with many pages A fun survey of the different ways to build bridges by way of a global tour of famous bridges with a team of four fictional characters。 It was nice to see that one of the team was an older woman who was not someone's mother or grandmother but just a person who likes bridges。 I could have done with a few less puns， but I was interested in all the bridges and the information being presented。I found it a bit ironic that a book about structures was often lacking in structure itself， with many pages having panels and info dump captions with no set viewing flow or reading order。 。。。more
Sarah
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My first non-animal Science Comic was a good one！ This time we've got four tour guides， members of a globe-hopping bridge appreciation club， showing us different bridges and how they work， and the group is diverse not just in race and gender but in a way I don't see often: age！ There's punk-looking engineering student Bea who likes beam bridges， cozy-looking "teen archaeologist" Archy who likes arch bridges， much-older retired teacher Trudy who likes truss bridges， and younger （elementary- or mi My first non-animal Science Comic was a good one！ This time we've got four tour guides， members of a globe-hopping bridge appreciation club， showing us different bridges and how they work， and the group is diverse not just in race and gender but in a way I don't see often: age！ There's punk-looking engineering student Bea who likes beam bridges， cozy-looking "teen archaeologist" Archy who likes arch bridges， much-older retired teacher Trudy who likes truss bridges， and younger （elementary- or middle school student） bridge-lover Spence who likes suspension bridges。 The members of the B。A。T。S。 club are a great way to help kids remember the B。A。T。S。 types of bridges！Sections broken down by bridge type introduce new concepts， like the different types of loads （dead， live， environmental） and forces （compression， tension， torsion， and shear）。 Most of the content comes in awesome two-page spreads that each feature a different bridge from around the world and across time， pointing out materials and construction strategies， and applying the concepts we just learned。 As someone who learns best from examples， I loved this setup！ Sometimes the panels were hard to follow， since the bridges spanning across a page spread disrupted the normal top-to-bottom flow you see in most comics， but frankly most of the word boxes and bubbles could stand on their own and be read in any order。 Back matter includes a double-page spread image showing key definitions and concepts， a traditional glossary and bibliography， and a quick suggestion of how to start your own bridge appreciation club。 。。。more
Johanna
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Great information， but tries a bit too hard with the wacky characters and frantic jumping around from place to place and through a bunch of information。 There's no breathing room to take in the details， although I found the excitement contagious by the end。 Very cool seeing all the example bridges。 I would have liked more about the "build your own bridge" idea to encourage hands-on understanding of the information。 Great information， but tries a bit too hard with the wacky characters and frantic jumping around from place to place and through a bunch of information。 There's no breathing room to take in the details， although I found the excitement contagious by the end。 Very cool seeing all the example bridges。 I would have liked more about the "build your own bridge" idea to encourage hands-on understanding of the information。 。。。more
Becky B
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A graphic novel education of bridges with 4 imaginary characters that explores the 4 basic types of bridges， the physics and loads that bridge engineers have to take into account， and highlights bridges from all over the world as examples while also showing how they work to hold their loads。This newest volume in the Science Comics series does a great job explaining the basics of the science behind bridge building and how successful bridges distribute their loads。 It just covers the basics of tha A graphic novel education of bridges with 4 imaginary characters that explores the 4 basic types of bridges， the physics and loads that bridge engineers have to take into account， and highlights bridges from all over the world as examples while also showing how they work to hold their loads。This newest volume in the Science Comics series does a great job explaining the basics of the science behind bridge building and how successful bridges distribute their loads。 It just covers the basics of that science and doesn’t go into any complicated formulas or anything， but I felt like the explanation was sufficient for the target audience。 There are some suggested activities presented that readers can easily do to experience the science firsthand。 The information is presented in an engaging way， and the bridges highlighted were a diverse selection from all over the world。 A great new addition to the Science Comics series that will be especially popular with future engineers and world travelers who can go hunt for the bridges in their upcoming adventures。Notes on content [based on ARC]: No language issues。 No sexual content。 Some bridge failures are mentioned， but no fatalities described。 （Death of a dog on one is briefly mentioned。）I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Bethany
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I’ve purchased most （if not all） of the Science Comics books for our juv nonfiction collection， but this was the first one I’ve actually read。 I SO appreciate the growth of presenting nonfiction in the graphic format。 Bridges has bright colors， characters who take readers through the scientific process， the history of bridges， beautiful constructions of bridges， and more。 These are great for 8-11 year olds who always ask questions and have more curiosity than they can hold。
Earl
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A fascinating book to learn about bridges with characters who travel all over the world to share why they love these engineering masterpieces。 It made me want to visit some of the bridges they mentioned。
Mel
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Another solid offering from Science Comics about the science of bridges。 The narrative guides this time are the BATS， standing for common bridge methods: Beam， Arch， Truss， and Suspension， and also the reference that they， like bats， hang around bridges。 Each person gets to point out the effective measures of their chosen bridge type， and a wide range of examples are given: from the hand woven suspension bridge of the Inca， to the photographed Golden Gate， and the fairy bridge Xianteng in China。 Another solid offering from Science Comics about the science of bridges。 The narrative guides this time are the BATS， standing for common bridge methods: Beam， Arch， Truss， and Suspension， and also the reference that they， like bats， hang around bridges。 Each person gets to point out the effective measures of their chosen bridge type， and a wide range of examples are given: from the hand woven suspension bridge of the Inca， to the photographed Golden Gate， and the fairy bridge Xianteng in China。 The science portion focuses a lot on how compression and tension work to keep the bridge standing， suggesting kids try their own model bridge building， but doesn't delve too much into it。 Another section that might have done with expansion was the section on very famous bridge failures， like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge， which became the catastrophy that taught engineers to calculate for wind resistance in any bridge， a term they reference but don't elaborate on。 In terms of the Science Comics collection I would put this more as a browsing graphic novel than a pure engineering one。 The narrators are entertaining in their capacity as methods for conveying information， there are the usual groaner puns I always look forward to， and the art style works for the subject matter although it isn't as accessibly cartoony as "Trees" or "Dogs" for the artistically picky kids。I received a free copy from Netgalley to review。 。。。more
Andréa
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