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Author
Publisher
Decodables by Jump!
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When the car was invented, it changed how we live and travel. Learn about the first cars and how they changed the world. How Cars Changed the World is part of Decodables by Jump!, a comprehensive library of decodable leveled readers that follow a sequenced approach to phonics instruction. Young readers will enjoy colorful, photo-packed nonfiction as they follow a prescribed format supported by the science of readers that encourages reading development."--...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the air with toxic pollutants and fueled climate change. Cars have stolen public space and made our cities uglier, dirtier, less useful, and more unequal. Cars have caused tens of millions of deaths and injuries....
4) Boats
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Boats can be big, and boats can be little. Some boats have jobs, and other boats are for fun. Find out about different types of boats. Boats is part of Decodables by Jump!, a comprehensive library of decodable leveled readers that follow a sequenced approach to phonics instruction. Young readers will enjoy colorful, photo-packed nonfiction as they follow a prescribed format supported by the science of readers that encourages reading development"--...
5) On the road!
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The road is often filled with many different kinds of cars, trucks, buses, and more. Readers learn the names of these vehicles and fun facts about them with the help of clear, concise main text and other exciting elements, like speech bubbles and sound effects! Each vehicle on the busy road is presented as a colorful character, giving early learners a fresh look at a familiar concept. Colorful illustrations fill the pages, making this a delightful...
6) On the go
Author
Series
Publisher
Windmill Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Children often love spotting different kinds of vehicles, and after exploring this exciting guide to transportation, they will know the names of all those vehicles-and how to spell them! This introductory look at transportation uses simple text and charming illustrations to keep readers engaged as they develop vocabulary skills. Each illustration-from a taxi and a scooter to a plane and a unicycle-is clearly labeled to help readers learn the words...
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The fossil fuels powering cars, trains, and planes are harming the environment, but scientists are creating innovative, transportation solutions. Explore the future of transportation from self-flying drones to levitating trains"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Take an exciting bus ride from a Guatemalan village to a market town with this fresh approach to a favorite song - now in Spanish! Features a Guatemalan-inspired, marimba-flavored singalong and endnotes about life in Guatemala. Includes a QR code with audio singalong and video animation.
9) Mail movers
Author
Series
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A diverse range of mail delivery people introduce the vehicles that deliver mail all over the world. Children will discover a surprising assortment of vehicles used to deliver mail in different parts of the world, including: a truck, snowmobile, bicycle, motorcycle and boat. As children are asked if they know where each vehicle delivers the mail, the answer is revealed on the next page"--
10) Taxi, go!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Today will be a busy day for Taxi! There are plenty of passengers to pick up, and they all need a ride--to a football game, a play, a business meeting, the airport, and more. Whizzing left, right, and through traffic, Taxi has to STOP for red lights and emergency vehicles. But after every stop, stop, stop, it's Taxi...go, go, GO"--
11) The great American transit disaster: a century of austerity, auto-centric planning, and white flight
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"One of the most enduring American urban myths concerns the death of the Red Car Trolley, an extensive and equitable system in Los Angeles County that some say was weakened and then eradicated by US car manufacturers. Yet as Nicholas Dagen Bloom shows, an array of larger yet less tangible forces together interacted to practically murder public transportation of all kinds in cities nationwide. Most centrally, public transit collapsed because essentially...
Author
Language
English
Description
The U.S. Navy and Marines have flown F/A-18E/Fs on attack or defense missions over Iraq and Afghanistan. They have helped keep American soldiers and their country safe. And they have done so for about 40 years. Part of the America's Fighter Jets series: F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet takes readers on a mission. That mission is to learn all about this amazing jet.
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
English
Description
"This memoir tells of the sense of loss that led Neil Peart on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back to Quebec. While riding the 'healing road' he recorded in his journals his progress and setbacks in the grieving/healing process. He also recorded the travel adventures he had along the way and the people, characters, friends and relatives he met along the way"--
Author
Publisher
Boxer Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What is the importance of electric vehicles? What can you find out at sea? These huge-format, 40 -age books, illustrated by Britta Teckentrup, feature fun-filled vehicles. Bursting with information, humor, and color, they teach children about all the different vehicles that exist"--
15) Transportation
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Transportation! Incredible computer-generated illustrations reveal transportation as you've never seen it before. Discover how goods and people travel above, across, and even under the ground, while rockets journey deep into space. Encounter the biggest and smallest vehicles of the land, sea, and sky--from huge oceangoing aircraft carriers to agile drones. Find out what is inside a car engine and how top-of-the-line turbochangers help make the speedies...
16) Bus drivers
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education and Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Early readers will learn how bus drivers drive in all kinds of weather. This title highlights what bus drivers do, where they work, and how they help the community."--
Publisher
Giant Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
And they're off! Now that your youngster is starting to move independently, explore other means of transport. Let's sing, dance, and play as we travel around the globe using cars, boats, airplanes, and more. On their journey through Season 7, they'll uncover the world's sights, sounds, and rhythms.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Why is it that the mass transit systems of American cities are, by and large, inadequate? It's a common question and one that has generated substantial scholarship. But Jake Berman's The Lost Subways of North America offers a new way to consider it: a visual-and fun-journey through the past, present, and possible future of urban transit. Featuring Berman's own colorful maps of old, often forgotten streetcar lines, lost ideas for never-built transit,...