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3) Busy boats
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2018?]
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text introduces a variety of ships and boats as they cross lakes, seas, and rivers with cargoes of merchandise or people.
Author
Publisher
Welbeck Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Take to the water with this fun, visual miscellany for children who love anything boat related! Each double-page spread features a different group of boats and other watercraft to explore, such as helpful lifeboats, racing dragon boats and super submarines. Discover rowing, fishing and record-breaking boats from around the world, plus hard-working ships such as icebreakers and fireboats. Explore inside a car ferry, visit the floating market and find...
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books, an imprint of Nobrow Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the haunting Viking longships, to Native American log canoes, and onwards to Chinese Dragon Boats and pirate ships, to modern racing sailboats, Boats helps to tell the story of humankind in this artfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Boats are one of the most important inventions in human history. With the ability to venture onto the waves, we have fished for food, crossed oceans, discovered new lands, and opened up trade around the world....
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
You may have heard of ships. You may have also heard of the sea and the night. But did you realize there's nothing more beautiful than a ship and its lights on the sea at night? In warm and witty prose, this picture book's narrator asks the reader to consider the splendor of glowing lights cast by ships on a shimmering waterway. Meet a trawler, a steamship, a RoRo, an exploratory vessel and more across richly illustrated pages, alive with the glowy,...
Author
Publisher
Studio Fun International
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
From all the equipment on a fire truck to the wings and wheels of a seaplane and more, there's so much to discover with Blippi! Simple text that sounds like Blippi is speaking directly to readers and full-color photos of him reacting with joy to everything he sees convey all the enthusiasm and energy of his YouTube videos.
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