Transportation
Explore the best books on transportation, featuring engaging reads on buses, trains, and cars for all ages, including top picks for preschoolers and captivating picture books. Find your next favorite transportation book at our online bookstore, showcasing bestsellers and highly recommended reads.
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Self-Driving Cars: Transportation of the FutureThe technology for self-driving vehicles was once considered only a possibility for the far-distant future. While they aren't widely available yet, the technology is in use and gaining acceptance. This valuable volume explains the science behind this life-changing innovation in accessible language. Sidebars and...
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The Cam-Mac Adventure ExpressAfter graduating from Navigation Class, Cam sets sail from Boston Harbor to find his place on the high seas. After a dizzying tango in the Bermuda Triangle and an encounter with a couple of other ships, Cam finds himself on a royal adventure. With...
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Bedtime for Little BulldozerLittle Bulldozer struggles to fall asleep in Bedtime for Little Bulldozer, a sweet and clever bedtime picture book by New York Times bestselling author Elise Broach with illustrations by Barry E. Jackson. Falling asleep isn't always easy, especially for a loud and rumbling little...
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Street Cars 101 Magazine- August 2022 Issue 16Street Cars 101 Magazine- August 2022 Issue 16 Featured Enthusiast: Zesser Nightmare Razorcrest Undead SS Widevo Shamrock H8FUL Lady Boss Warmachine Featured Clubs: C3 Car Club Triad Headturners Photographer Spotlight: Blk Illuminati Mike Mars PhotographyAuthor: Street Cars 101 MagazinePublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 08/27/2022Pages: 34Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Soviet Metro StationsFrom the author of Soviet Bus Stops, an underground trip through the Soviet Metro"For us," said Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs, "there was something supernatural about the Metro." Visiting any of the dozen or so Metro networks built across the Soviet Union...
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Transportation!: How People Get AroundFrom cars and trains to planes and boats, people all around the world have developed diverse means and methods of travel. In this fascinating exploration of transportation, Gail Gibbons employs her signature, colorful artwork and accessible text to explain transportation choices to young readers....
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Monster TrucksMonster trucks are big, noisy machines. They're so tall that their drivers have to climb to get into them They can drive over cars, tow lots of heavy things, and more.Author: Kristin L. NelsonPublisher: First Avenue Editions (Tm)Published: 01/01/2003Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.14lbsSize: 7.04h...
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Ten Mile Day: And the Building of the Transcontinental RailroadOn May 10, 1869, the final spike in North America's first transcontinental railroad was driven home at Promontory Summit, Utah. Illustrated with the author's carefully researched, evocative paintings, here is a great adventure story in the history of the American West--the day Charles Crocker...
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Violet the PilotBy the time she's two years old, Violet Van Winkle can fix nearly any appliance in the house. And by eight she's building an elaborate flying machines from scratch, mind-boggling contraptions such as the Tubbubbler, the Bicycopter, and the Wing-a-ma-jig. The kids at school...
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Race Car DreamsAfter a day at the track of zipping and zooming, a race car is tired and ready for bed. He washes his rims, fills his tummy with oil, and chooses a book that is all about speed. All toasty and warm, he drifts off...
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The Caboose Who Got Loose Book & CD [With CD]Katy caboose doesn't like her life at the back of the train. Stuck with clouds of billowing smoke from the engine and a bumpy, jolting ride, she longs for some peace and quiet. When her rusty bolts bust loose, Katy finally gets the life...
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Jet Fighters Coloring BookWith the birth of the jet age at the end of World War II, military combat planes acquired new, highly efficient capabilities. This exciting, well-researched coloring book sends you flying high as you read about and color accurate illustrations of these historic aircraft. Forty-four...
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Fred and Ted Like to FlyFred and Ted--beloved stars of P.D. Eastman's Big Dog . . . Little Dog and son Peter Eastman's Fred and Ted Go Camping--fly off on an island vacation in this simplified version of the Beginner Book Fred and Ted Like to Fly. Perfect for...
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Tractor Mac Learns to FlyTractor Mac sees Plane Jane swooping across through the clouds, and he wonders what it would be like to be able to give hayrides in the sky. He even talks to birds to try to learn how they fly. Then one day Tractor Mac...
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Killer on the Road: Violence and the American InterstateStarting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet's largest public work: the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting them--the highway killer. He went by many names: the...
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DK Super Readers Level 1 Truck TroubleWatch out for some wild weather! Make reading your superpower with DK's beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about how our parcels get from the factories to our doors - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help...
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Awesome AircraftThe first powered aircraft was built in the United States at the start of the twentieth century. Within a few years, aircraft was being engineered to fly farther and especially faster. This carefully researched book starts at the beginning, with the Wright brothers, and...
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Out of the Depths: A History of ShipwrecksA highly illustrated voyage through shipwrecks ancient and contemporary. Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across four thousand years, examining their historical context and significance, showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, and shedding new light on long-departed societies and civilizations....
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Great Train DesignsTrains have been a crucial part of the world's transportation infrastructure since the 1800s. They made travel so much easier, faster, and cheaper that vacations, which had previously been accessible only to the very wealthy, suddenly became feasible for lower-class families. Although cars and...
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Improving Transportation to Fight Climate ChangeThis informative title examines how transportation contributes to climate change, how improving transportation could help slow the crisis, and the current challenges scientists face. This book also includes a table of contents, an infographic, informative sidebars, a "That's Amazing" special feature, quiz questions, a...
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