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Fly Guy volume 11
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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.
3) Airplane
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In this wonderful PreK-1 book, students will learn all about what it's like to ride on an airplane as well as the parts and people that make it go!
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"Transportation dominates our daily existence. Thousands, even millions, of miles are embedded in everything we do and touch. We live in a door-to-door universe that works so well most Americans are scarcely aware of it. The grand ballet in which we move ourselves and our stuff is equivalent to building the Great Pyramid, the Hoover Dam, and the Empire State Building all in a day. Every day. And yet, in the one highly visible part of the transportation...
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"Celebrating the invention of vehicles, this collective biography tells the inspiring stories of the visionaries who changed the way we move through air, water, and land. Perfect for fans of Mistakes that Worked and Girls Think of Everything"--
7) I ride
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"Carefully leveled text and full-color photographs invite readers to explore the types of transportation people use. Pairs with the fiction book From the Train"--
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"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....
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Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted readers and cemented his reputation as one of our leading interpreters of technologies past and present. Now, he returns with a provocative account of a sometimes-overlooked form of technology--personal transportation--and explores how it has shaped societies and cultures over millennia. Beginning around 3,500 BCE with the wheel--a device that didn't catch on until a couple...
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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...
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Offers a comprehensive and engaging handbook for current and prospective rideshare drivers. Learn how to: decide between Uber and Lyft, maximize passengers and profits, maintain a five-star rating, keep safe and interact appropriately with passengers, navigate legal matters and tax codes. Campbell explains these and much more, also including funny, shocking, and bizarre tales from the road. Whether you are thinking about becoming a driver or a veteran...
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How do you get around your neighborhood? From buses and trains to cars and by foot, people travel in many different ways. Through full-color photos and simple, easy-to-follow text, this nonfiction book introduces emergent readers to forms of transportation. All Pebble Plus books align with national and state standards and are designed to help new readers read independently, making them the perfect choice for every child.
16) Bear on a bike
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A little boy accomapnies Bear as he uses a variety of vehicles to visit various locations.
17) Mucky truck
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When a little truck gets stuck in the mud, his other truck friends come to his aid. At the end of the day, it's fire engine to the rescue! And the five friends celebrate by playing together in the slippy, sloshy, oh-so-mucky mud. With bouncy verse and visual drama, this read-aloud picture book will be a hit with preschoolers and fans of Little Blue Truck.
18) Transportation
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This book uses a selection of fun true or false questions to get readers thinking all about cars, boats, airplanes, trains, and more. Readers turn the page to reveal the answer to each question and learn fascinating transportation facts.
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Today to many people driving a car is as essential as eating. Transportation has come a long way since its origins, but through the decades there have been significant advances in transportation technology. From the bicycle to the hybrid car, this book traces the most important transportation inventors and the inventions that made society what it is today.
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