Mighty Muscle Cars (Set)


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This fact-packed series will appeal to budding gearheads who can't wait to get their hands on the wheel! Each title explores an American muscle car, digging into its history, models, special features, technical specs, racing career, and prevalence in popular culture. Large, dynamic photos and easy-to-read text make the content accessible to young and struggling readers. High-interest sidebars give readers cool facts to share with their friends. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.




Mighty Muscle Cars


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Dodge Charger


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This title introduces the classic American muscle car, the Dodge Charger. Readers will learn about the Charger's history, models, special features, technical specs, racing career, and prevalence in popular culture. Large dynamic photos, easy-to-read text, a timeline, and infographics put readers in the driver's seat! High-interest sidebars give readers cool facts to share with their friends. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.




Mighty Muscle Cars


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Experience the wild and wooly glory days of muscle cars through colorful photos and vintage advertising. Uniquely showcases the Motor City performance cars of the 1962-72 era. Covers many milestone machines, with a strong focus on the purpose-built drag racing cars that influenced Detroit's showroom screamers. Special spreads focus on period aftermarket speed parts and dress-up equipment. Brief captions describe key performance advancements and provide entertaining facts and figures.




Chevrolet Corvette


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This title introduces the classic American muscle car, the Chevrolet Corvette. Readers will learn about the Corvette's history, models, special features, technical specs, racing career, and prevalence in popular culture. Large dynamic photos, easy-to-read text, a timeline, and infographics put readers in the driver's seat! High-interest sidebars give readers cool facts to share with their friends. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.




Muscle Cars


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The Chevrolet Corvette; the Dodge Coronet; the Ford GT—they're names that send a shiver down the spine of true car enthusiasts. With big V8 engines crammed into mid-sized shells, they ripped up the roads on their way out of Detroit as they roared onto the market and into the awaiting arms of the power-hungry public. Readers discover which is the most powerful muscle car ever made and what nearly led to their extinction in the '70s, as well as learning which of their 21st century descendants should be purchased today. Readers discover all this and more with beautifully laid-out, detailed profiles of the best muscle cars—their facts, stats, and great stories from behind the scenes.




Dodge Challenger


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This title introduces the classic American muscle car, the Dodge Challenger. Readers will learn about the Challenger's history, models, special features, technical specs, racing career, and prevalence in popular culture. Large dynamic photos, easy-to-read text, a timeline, and infographics put readers in the driver's seat! High-interest sidebars give readers cool facts to share with their friends. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.




Powerful Muscle Cars


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"Discusses American muscle cars, including their history, how they are restored and customized, the most popular models, and how muscle car owners enjoy their cars with shows and races today"--




Smokin' Muscle Cars


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America's love affair with cars is most passionate when it comes to the fastest, most powerful, and coolest-looking models on the nation's roads. Author Bob Woods takes readers through the history of flashy "muscle" cars, such as the Pontiac GTO, Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, Dodge Charger, and Chevy Corvette.




Mighty Musclecars


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The 1960s witnessed a procession of powerful American automobiles that became all but extinct with the advent of stringent safety and emissions laws in the 1970s. This colorful reprint of Decade of Muscle examines all the landmark models produced by Chrysler, Ford, GM and AMC during that period.