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1) Ford

Author

Green, Sara

Series

Brands we know
Pilot

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1

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"Engaging images accompany information about Ford. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

2) We'll race you, Henry: a story about Henry Ford

Author

Mitchell, Barbara

Series

Creative Minds Biography

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1

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A brief biography of Henry Ford with emphasis on how he came to develop fast, sturdy, and reliable racing cars that eventually gave him the idea for his Model T.

3) Henry Ford: industrialist

Author

Long, David

Series

History makers

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The History Makers biography of Henry Ford illustrates the transformation of an American businessman from his building successes and ideals to his emergence as an icon of industry and the modern world. This title starts by analyzing his origins and the stages of his career, then goes beyond chronology to evaluate his emblematic principles and inventiveness. From life to legacy, readers witness the evolution of a man into legend.

4) Henry Ford

Author

Strand, Jennifer

Series

Zoom In On Incredible Inventors

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1

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A biography of Henry Ford, the father of the Model T, the world's first affordable automobile.

5) The night Henry Ford met Santa

Author

Hagen, Carol

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1

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Henry Ford, the creator of the Model T automobile, visits Santa Claus at the North Pole and, as he watches the elves making toys, he decides to use the same assembly line method to manufacture his automobile.

6) Henry Ford: Pioneer of Modern Industry

Author

Roza, Greg

Series

Real life readers

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This biography introduces readers to the industrialist Henry Ford, from his beginnings on a prosperous farm to the revolutionary automotive inventor who changed the way we travel. Books of the Real Life Readers Program use real life scenario narratives to help readers further develop content-area reading, writing, and comprehension skills.

7) Super simple automobile projects: inspiring & educational science activities

Author

Kuskowski, Alex

Series

Amazing super simple inventions

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Discover the science behind the automobile using projects and crafts.

8) Henry Ford: Assembly Line and Automobile Pioneer

Author

Boehme, Gerry

Series

Great American Entrepreneurs Ser

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Born and raised on a family farm, Henry Ford abandoned his traditional way of life to become an American legend and industry icon. Ford's life mirrored the broad transition taking place in the United States just after the Civil War as it converted from an agrarian to an industrial society during the American phase of the Industrial Revolution. Henry Ford was also a man of contradictions. While he gained fame for producing affordable cars such as the...

9) Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city

Author

Grandin, Greg

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"In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project rapidly evolved into a more ambitious bid to export America itself. Fordlandia, as the settlement was called, soon became the site of an epic clash. On one side was the lean, austere car magnate; on the other, the Amazon, the most complex ecological system on the planet. Indigenous...

10) The inventor's secret: what Thomas Edison told Henry Ford

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1

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Describes the friendship between the two inventors and how Thomas Edison's advice to the young Henry Ford inspired Ford to work on his automobiles until he came up with an inexpensive, reliable version which became the Model T.

11) Henry Ford and the Model T

Author

O'Hearn, Michael

Series

Inventions and Discovery

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1

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Book, eAudiobook, eComic

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"In graphic novel format, tells the story of Henry Ford and his popular Model T automobile"--Provided by publisher.

12) Henry Ford

Author

Davis, Lynn

Series

Amazing inventors and innovators

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1

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"The car changed travel forever. Henry Ford started a car-making revolution. Kids can read this book to find out how Ford transformed America with his cars. They will learn how many cars Ford made before the Model T Ford."-- Amazon.

13) The arsenal of democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an epic quest to arm an America at war

Author

Baime, A. J

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Chronicles Detroit's dramatic transition from an automobile manufacturing center to a highly efficient producer of World War II airplanes, citing the essential role of Edsel Ford's rebellion against his father, Henry Ford.

14) Car crazy: the battle for supremacy between Ford and Olds and the dawn of the automobile age

Author

Miller, G. Wayne

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Book, eAudiobook

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In Car Crazy, G. Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them and Men and Speed: A Wild Ride through NASCAR's Breakout Season, takes listeners back to the wild and wooly years of the early automobile era-from 1893, when the first U.S.-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few,...

15) The vagabonds: the story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's ten-year road trip

Author

Guinn, Jeff

Series

Thorndike Press large print biography and memoirs
Simon and Schuster nonfiction original hardcover

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Book, eAudiobook, Large Print

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"In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist John Burroughs visited Thomas Edison in Florida and toured the Everglades. The following year Ford, Edison, and tire maker Harvey Firestone joined together on a summer camping trip and decided to call themselves the Vagabonds. They would continue their summer road trips until 1925, when they announced that their fame made it too difficult for them to carry on. Although the Vagabonds traveled with an entourage of...

16) Go like hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans

Author

Baime, A. J

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Book, eBook

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"By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins with little business experience, had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari, whose cars epitomized style, was crafting beautiful sports cars, 'science fiction on wheels,' but was also called 'the Assassin' because so many drivers...

17) Eat my dust!: Henry Ford's first race

Author

Kulling, Monica

Series

Step Into Reading Level 3
Step into reading. Step 3

Pub. Date

[2004]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1

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Relates the excitement caused by Henry Ford as he drove the "horseless carriage" he built, particularly when he decided to win a race to get money to build a new car that anyone could afford.