Bertha Takes a Drive: How the Benz Automobile Changed the World
by Jan Adkins
It's 1888 and Bertha Benz's husband, Karl, has invented the prototype Benz motorwagen.... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 1,388
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 940L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 192971
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- Mercedes automobiles--History--Juvenile literature
- Automobiles--Germany--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | General
- Automobiles
- 19th century
- Benz, Bertha
- Benz, Bertha, 1849-1944--Juvenile literature
- Automobile travel
- History
- Germany
- Automobile travel--Germany--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Mercedes automobiles
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