
Clean Sweep!
Frank Zamboni's Ice Machine
Monica Kulling(Author)
Tundra Books (Publisher)
Published on 5. January 2016
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-77049-795-5 (ISBN)
Description
When Frank Zamboni, along with his brother and cousin, opened their own skating rink in 1940 in Paramount, California, it could take an hour and a half for a crew to resurface the ice. They had to level the surface by shaving down the pits and grooves with a tractor, remove the shavings, wash the ice and find a way to give the rink its shining finish. Skaters became exasperated with the wait, so Frank was determined to do something about it. Could he turn a ninety-minute job for five men into a ten-minute task for only one? Working in the shed behind his ice rink, Frank drew designs and built models of machines he hoped would do the job. For nine years, he worked on his invention, each model an improvement on the one before. Finally, in 1949, Frank tested the Model A, which "cleaned the ice in one sweep around the rink." The rest is history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 5 to 8 years
Product notice
Picture book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77049-795-5 (9781770497955)
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01/2016
Tundra Books
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Persons
Monica Kulling is a poet who has published over forty books for children, including picture books, adaptations of classic novels, and biographies. Known for introducing biography for children who are just learning to read, she has written about Harriet Tubman, Henry Ford, Houdini, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Amelia Earhart, among others. Her award-winning Great Idea Series features biographies of inventors and their captivating inventions. She is also the author of Merci Mister Dash! and Mister Dash and the Cupcake Calamity. Visit her website at www.monicakulling.ca. The author lives in Toronto, Ontario.