Steve And The Steam Engine

by Sara Ware Basset, Andrew Carter-Czyzewicz, Penny Carter

Sara Ware Bassett (1872–1968) was a prolific American author of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages she created, Belleport and Wilton. Her first novel, "The Taming of Zenas Henry," was published in 1915. She subsequently wrote over forty additional novels, continuing to write and publish into the late 1950s. Many of her novels focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. A number of her works are available as free e-books. For much of her life, Bassett divided her time between homes in Cape Cod and Princeton, Massachusetts. She also taught kindergarten in the public schools of Newton, Massachusetts. Her educational books include "The Story of Lumber" (1912), "The Story of Wool" (1913), "The Story of Leather" (1915), "The Story of Glass" (1916), "The Story of Sugar" (1917), "The Story of Porcelain" (1919), "Paul and the Printing Press" (1920), "Steve and the Steam Engine" (1921), "Ted and the Telephone" (1922), "Walter and the Wireless" (1923), "Carl and the Cotton Gin" (1924). Her novels include "The Taming of Zenas Henry" (1915), "The Harbor Road," (1919) "The Wayfarers at the Angels'" (1918), "The Wall Between" (1920), "Flood Tide" (1921), "Twin Lights," "Granite and Clay," "The Green Dolphin Inn" (1926), "White Sail," "South Cove Summer". -Wikepedia

264 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1921

Reviews

[Jennifer Booth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just needs more action

For an early attempt in children's lit, it was not bad. It could be spiced up with a little more action than boardroom talk.

[Mark Rabideau · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story-line of this novel is not as well constructed and interesting as others in the series. Having said that the narrator provided by Librivox (Brian Keenan) is excellent.