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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The Million-Dollar Car Detective: Inside the Worldwide Hunt for a Stolen $7 Million CarA stolen car worth $7 million. A broke private investigator. Best friends turned worst enemies. And the global manhunt neither saw coming.In 2001, thieves parked a box truck in front of an aging tycoon's factory, cut the phone lines, and used an overhead crane...
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The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production-- Toyota's Secret Weapon in the Global Car Wars That Is Now Revolutionizing World IndThe classic, nationally bestselling book that first articulated the principles of lean production, with a new foreword and afterword by the authors. When The Machine That Changed the World was first published in 1990, Toyota was half the size of General Motors. Twenty years...
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The Lost Boys of Montauk: The True Story of the Wind Blown, Four Men Who Vanished at Sea, and the Survivors They Left BehindAn immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling author Ron Suskind as "an honest and touching book, and a hell of a story." In March of 1984, the commercial fishing...
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The Amazing Impossible Erie CanalFollow the amazing construction and workings of the Erie Canal, America's first superhighway, in this triumphant nonfiction picture book. When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreamed of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks didn't believe...
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Spring Street Touch and Feel: ConstructionTouch and feel the sturdy construction vehicles in this stylish, design-led board book. Introducing textures and providing the child with a tactile reading experience, this book explores a digger, an excavator, a backhoe loader, a cement mixer, and a dumper truck. Beautifully produced, with...
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Snoopy and the Spy: A Saga of Espionage, Ingenuity, and the Epic Battle to Save International HarvesterOn the farm fields of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the stakes had never been higher. The era marked one of the hardest economic environments of the twentieth century, and two of the world's toughest competitors were locked in a high-horsepower arms race...
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Science Comics: Flying Machines: How the Wright Brothers SoaredA National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2017Take to the skies with Flying Machines! Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they were to make their famous flights. In an era...
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School Bus Board BookWhat is large (or small), bright yellow, and filled with students? School Bus! Climb aboard and let Donald Crews take you to school -- and home again.Author: Donald CrewsPublisher: Greenwillow BooksPublished: 07/23/2002Pages: 36Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 5.80h x 6.01w x 0.73dISBN: 9780694016907Audience: Baby-PreschoolReview...
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Roadwork: (A Rhyming Construction Book with Trucks, Machines, and Noisy Vehicles for Babies, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Kids Ages 2-5)Load the dirt. Load the dirt. Scoop and swing and drop. Slam it down into the truck. Bump! Whump! Whop! There are many big machines and busy people involved in building a road, and this riveting board book follows them every step of the...
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Pocket Flyers Paper Airplane Book: 69 Mini Planes to Fold and FlyWelcome to the world of miniature aviation. It's entertainment on the fly for the office, backyard, classroom (don't get caught!), or anywhere there might be a party, featuring 12 Lilliputian-size models that create 69 planes altogether. From the Skyhawk to the Saber, Phoenix to...
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OtisCelebrating 10 years of Otis, everyone's favorite tractor, created by the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Love by Matt de la Péna and The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper! Otis is a special tractor. He loves his farm and farmer. He...
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On the Space StationWhat is life like on a space station? Shine a light behind the page and see . . . What do the astronauts do in space? What do they eat? Where do they sleep? What do they wear? Each page-turn will take you another...
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Night Night, Little Digger: A Touch-And-Feel StorybookWith a touch-and-feel element on each spread, this sweet board book introduces readers to Little Bulldozer, Little Tow Truck, Little Steamroller, and their friends as they settle down for bedtime. Join Little Bulldozer, Little Tow Truck, Little Streamroller, and their friends as they settle...
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NASCAR EncyclopediaDriving fast and winning races is what keeps NASCAR drivers going. Each race car is built for speed and safety. This encyclopedia gives readers a look into the history of NASCAR, from the first race to the daring drivers and speedy cars competing since...
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My Little Golden Book about Construction VehiclesLittle construction workers will love learning all about mighty construction vehicles with this nonfiction Little Golden Book! Put on your hard hats! My Little Golden Book About Construction Vehicles is a fact-filled look at a subject children are fascinated by! This book is full...
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My First Book of Airplanes: All about Flying Machines for KidsIt's time for takeoff! Get curious kids excited about amazing airplanes with this colorful book for ages 3-5From the Wright brothers and Amelia Earhart, to the latest Mars mission, people have always been fascinated by flying. This airplane book for kids 3-5 comes from...
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MotorcycleDiscover the gripping, action-packed history of the motorcycle, from the earliest gasoline-powered two-wheelers to the blistering superbikes of today. Tracing the history and allure of the motorcycle, this book illustrates the diverse spectrum of bikes from the earliest prototypes to battery-powered machines of the...
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Mein erstes Autobuch: Marken und Logos entdecken, farbenfrohes Buch für Kinder, Logos von Automarken mit schönen Bildern von Autos aus der ganzen WeltKinder lieben Autos, besonders ihre Logos!Entdecken Sie die wunderbare Welt der Autos, indem Sie die Logos der beliebtesten Autohersteller aus der ganzen Welt zeigen! Von Alfa Romeo bis Volvo präsentiert dieses einfache Buch 48 der beliebtesten Autohersteller, ihre Logos (beachten Sie, dass es sich...
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Maisy's Ambulance: (Ambulance-Shaped Board Book about Maisy the Mouse's Rescue Adventure for Toddlers)Nee-nah, nee-nah! Maisy's ambulance is on its way! A shaped-board-book adventure for little ones on the go. Maisy and Charley are driving their ambulance today. What an important job! All the cars on the road move aside as they make their speedy way to...
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Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the WorldIt started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor -- acclaimed actor and self-confessed bike nut -- noticed that it was possible to ride all the way round the world, with just one...
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