Eat My Dust!: Henry Ford's First Race
by Monica Kulling
illustrated by Richard Walz
Date: 2004
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Reading level: C
Book type: picture book non-fiction
Pages: 48
Format: e-book
Source: library
It’s 1901 and Henry Ford wants to build a car that everyone can own. But first he needs the money to produce it. How will he get it? He enters a car race, of course! Readers will love this fast-paced, fact-based story!
(synopsis from Goodreads)
This is a book about the (apparently) famous 1901 race in which Henry Ford unseated the reigning American car-racing champion, won some money, and used it to start the Ford Motor Company.
As a Step into Reading title, it has more of the format of a chapter book (without the chapters) than a picture book. But the illustrations are still pretty good and help to tell the story quite well. The main strength of the book, however, is the writing. It's clean, uncluttered, and offers the facts without too much embellishment.
I'd recommend this book to kids who are interested in history or cars (or the history of cars). It's an interesting look at a real event that helped shape the transportation industry.
Quotable moment:
Henry tied his car to a post--
just like a horse--
so it would not roll away.
Premise: 4/5
Meter: n/a
Writing: 4/5
Illustrations: 3/5
Originality: 3/5
Enjoyment: 4/5
Overall: 3.67 out of 5
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