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Nancy Keane's | Booktalks -- Quick and Simple | |
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Corey, Shana.
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Booktalk #1 Who knew the first New York subway was designed and built by Alfred Ely Beach? In the 1860s we're introduced to a filthy New York City, filled with garbage in the street. After much THINKING and planning Alfred Ely Beach came up with the idea of an underground train run by pneumatic power to move people through the city comfortably. After inventing the concept of using a large fan to power a train, his genius idea became a reality and amazed the public! Check out the multi-media illustrations of clay figures, making this true story come alive. (annotated by Martha Lambertsen Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2017-2018 ) Booktalk #2 The secret is out—there was an underground train in Manhattan many years before subways were constructed throughout the city. Alfred Beach convinced authorities to let him build a tunnel for mail, but he built a bigger tunnel than they expected, sneaking the dirt out after dark to disguise what he was doing. When completed, a train in a 294-foot long pneumatic tube would move people using air pressure. But after the governor refused to let Beach expand his subway, it was abandoned. The art—stop motion animation stills—bring the story to life. GARDEN STATE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS, 2019 |
| SUBJECTS: Beach, Alfred E. (Alfred Ely),
1826-1896. New York (N.Y.) Subways. |
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