Description: Have a Yabba-Dabba-Doo day with Fred Flintstone as he explains how simple machines work! Fred shows readers the Flintstone way of using simple machines in everyday situations. With simple, informative text narrated by Fred and a few other Flintstone characters paired with colorful illustrations, students learn all about inclined planes, levers, pulleys, screws, wedges, and wheel and axles!
Brief description: Mark Weakland wears many hats. As an author, he's written books for teachers, including Super Core!: Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, published by the International Reading Association. His book topics for children include sports, bacteria, comets, and poetry. Mark's also a reading specialist. He teaches kindergarten children, third graders, parents, and teachers. As a musician and songwriter, Mark sings, plays percussion, and strums the guitar. Many of his songs, including I Sure Love Pancakes and The Dooflicky Machine, have won national awards and contests. Mark lives in Western Pennsylvania.