LIFT, MIX, FLING

Machines can do anything! Acclaimed author Lola Schaefer and award-winning artist James Yang introduce various types of machines and their numerous, complex functions. This inventive and fun STEM-themed picture book is for fans of David Macauley, Byron Barton, and anyone curious about how things work and what makes things go.

Machines are everywhere: from the spoon that scoops to the truck that dumps. They are pulleys and ramps and even a giant rocket ship. How many simple and compound machines can you spot in this busy book?

Lola Schaefer and James Yang expertly introduce the six simple machines: the screw, lever, wedge, pulley, inclined plane, and the wheel and axle. Lift, Mix, Fling! includes a straightforward, rhyming text coupled with bright and clear illustrations. A fun and educational choice for curious children, classrooms, and family story times.

Lola M. Schaefer is the author of several books for children, including An Island Grows; Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed, an NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts; and What's Up, What's Down? She lives with her husband, Ted, in the mountains of north Georgia, where she occasionally observes the back end of a black bear, coyote, or gray fox.

This is James Yang's first picture book. He lives in New York City.