This book features in the following series: How It's Made, How Its Made .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Hachette Children's Group .

Born in Suffolk, Sarah Ridley lives on the Suffolk/Essex border and is a writer and editor of educational books for children and young people. Recently, a life-long interest in history has led her to write books about the First World War, inspired by reading letters written by soldiers who served in the conflict. Brothers at War tells the story of uncovering the material held in her own family's archives. Dear Jelly sets letters written by soldier brothers to their younger sisters at its core. Teenage children keep Sarah busy when she isn't tied to her computer, and she relaxes by walking along river estuaries close to her home.

This book has the following chapters: A car tyre is made of rubber Rubber trees are left to grow for six or seven years The rubber processing begins The rubber tappers hang out the sheets of latex to dry Synthetic rubber is made The rubber arrives at the tyre factory The rubber mixture is left to settle Machines produce the different parts of the tyre The tyre pieces are put together The tyre is heated in a mould The last stage is to check the quality of the tyre How a rubber tyre is made Rubber and its many uses Tyres and the environment Word bank and index