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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
McPhee's books are about real people in real places. Over the past eight years, McPhee has spent considerable time in the company of people who work in freight transportation. This is his sketchbook of them and of his journeys with them. He rides from Atlanta to Tacoma alongside Don Ainsworth, owner and operator of a sixty-five-foot, eighteen-wheel chemical tanker carrying hazmats. He attends ship-handling school on a pond in the foothills of the...
2) School buses
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full color photographs introduce young readers to school buses. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Language
English
Description
"The car has shaped the modern era more profoundly than any other human invention. Its manufacture introduced mass-production to the world, bringing with it tarmac, suburbs, and car culture. In this comprehensive world history of the most important transport innovation of the modern age, historian Dr. Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history. He tells the...
4) Last flight
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On April 24, 1975 the last flight out of Saigon, Vietnam carried over 400 people to the United States, six days before Saigon's surrender to the North Vietnamese Army. Kristen Giang was a little girl, on that flight with family, and here in this story she shares all the emotions of the decision to flee from the perspective of someone eight years old; Playing a game of space-explorers to protect herself and her sister's eyes from tear gas; sneaking...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Every Thursday, as a break from mowing Big Island, McToad and his tractor make their way to Tiny Island, using various modes of transportation and types of machinery to get there and back.
10) Cool cars
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and illustrations describe different kinds of cars, including fast cars, police cars, taxis, and convertibles.
11) Trains
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Trains are used to carry everything from cargo and animals to people. But how do trains move? Who drives them? Learn more about these important machines inside." -- supplied by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When, two weeks before Christmas, the elves discover that Santa's sleigh is in a bad state, twelve teams of elves set out to build twelve different sleighs: a souped up hot rod, a semitruck that flies, a ship that sails in the sky, and each version is more elaborate than the one before--but which will Santa choose?
15) Airplanes
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce young readers to airplanes. Intended for kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
17) Breaking point
Author
Series
Crashers volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Three NTSB experts, people brought in to help investigate whenever a plane goes down, find themselves victims and witnesses rather than investigators when the plane they are on crashes.
In route to a conference, three NTSB experts, known to insiders as "Crashers", Tommy Tomzak, a pathologist from Texas; Kiki Duvall, a sound engineer and former naval officer; and Isaiah Grey, investigator and former FBI agent, are aboard a twin turbo prop plane when,...
Author
Series
Fly Guy volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While riding in the car with Buzz and his father, Fly Guy gets blown out of the window and finds himself riding in a truck, then a boat, a train, an airplane, and maybe even a rocket.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Why do some people have a bad sense of direction? How can you avoid getting lost? Why did early mapmakers put fake towns on their maps and why does every traffic controller in the world speak English? From finding food, water and shelter to traveling for commerce, trade and eventually exploring the world, humans have always had to find their way from one place to another. Are We There Yet? examines the evolution of how we navigate the world. Our earliest...
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