Ed Radlauer

The NS Savannah, the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant ship, was one of only four ever built. She was launched in 1962 and served as a passenger and cargo ship until 1965, and then as cargo-only until 1972. She was designed as a demonstration model for nuclear power and a show case for Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” project. And she was quite a stunning-looking vessel. The interior was also designed to be in keeping with ship’s “atom age” styling, and looked fantastic. show more Atoms Afloat is the only book I’ve been able to find on the NS Savannah – and it’s aimed at middle-grade readers. It’s also more about the construction of the ship, and how her nuclear reactor works, than it is her design. But there are some nice photos in the book. I also have a copy of a brochure, published in the late sixties by the shipping line which operated her, and that contains some nice colour photos of Savannah’s passengers spaces. The NS Svannah was a design icon of her age, and someone really should do a proper book on her, filled with lots of colour photographs. show less

VW Bugs is a blast from the past! It was published in the 1970s, so the VWs it features are from that era. There are some fantastic VW bugs and buses all decorated up in hippie style. The book also features Baja bugs, which were popular during that period. Reading VW Bugs is like time traveling back the 70s. I'm not sure today's kids would find it relevant, but they could share it with their grandparents!

This book explains what colors appear where in the world. It is very basic and asks the childrn questions.

I like the book because it can be used in classrooms with very young children and the kids can understand.

Somethings that you could do is have the children think of other things with the same colors that appear in the book. The children could make drawings of this and could color or watercolor their drawings.

How quaint. Mommy and a little girl wait home for daddy to arrive from a hard day at work.

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