Break Down!: Explosions, implosions, crashes, crunches, cracks, and more a How Things Work look at how things break (National Geographic Kids)

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Boom! Crash! Crumble! A wrecking ball smashes into the side of a building, sending pieces flying. Its an awe-inspiring sight. Its also science!

This book explores how things break down, crack, explode, crumple, and shatter. This fun, unique take on a how-things-work book explores the world through the lens of what it takes for things to, well, not work. In these vibrantly illustrated pages, youll peer through the smoke and rubble of controlled demolitions to discover the properties of building materials. Then get a glimpse of the inner workings of a cracked cell phone screen, peek carefully at mega-avalanches and sinkholes, and hold on tight as wrecking balls swing and car crushers crunch metal. Buckle up with crash-test dummies and travel back in time to explore the worlds most famous failures (looking at you, Leaning Tower of Pisa).

Featuring hands-on activities that walk kids through their own experiments in destruction, Break Down! will change the way you look at the world.

Topics include:
* Demolition and controlled destruction
* Things that are built to break
* Historys famous failures
* Natural disasters
* And more!

Complete the collection with these other National Geographic Kids Titles:
How Things Work
How Things Work: Inside Out
How Things Work: Then and Now

Check out the How Things Work video series on the National Geographic Kids YouTube channel.

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My son loves these books. We started reading National Geographic Kids books when he was about six (he's nine now) and I can honestly say that these books have been instrumental in teaching him to read. Consumer

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Praise for National Geographic Readers:
Reliable in format and solid in execution, this series works well to introduce children of varying levels of reading comfort to nonfiction and research formats.
Maggie Reagan, Booklist

Author Bio

The National Geographic Kid is curious about the world around them, empowered in the face of challenges and responsible for others and the natural world. Combining these principles with the international educational heritage of Collins, this partnership is a natural fit for books that are funny, weird, exploratory, educational and loved by children.