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2) Taxi, go!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Today will be a busy day for Taxi! There are plenty of passengers to pick up, and they all need a ride--to a football game, a play, a business meeting, the airport, and more. Whizzing left, right, and through traffic, Taxi has to STOP for red lights and emergency vehicles. But after every stop, stop, stop, it's Taxi...go, go, GO"--
3) On the move
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From planes to trains, cars to boats, fins out the many ways to get from here to there."--
Author
Series
Orca timeline volume 4
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Part of the nonfiction Orca Timeline series for middle-grade readers, this illustrated book examines how humans have navigated the world over time."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Flowerpot Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The train team introduces the different types of trains they work on and the various things they transport. Discover a surprising assortment of trains including a fire train, freight train, passenger train, car transport train, and rail tanker train.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography about Nancy Harkness Love, the first female to serve for the Army Air Force and instrumental in founding the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) in World War II. Perfect for readers of Fly Girl, Fly!: Shaesta Waiz Soars Around the World, Herstory or Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and Her Flying Machine"--
9) On the bus
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"What happens to the bus? Find out in this hi-lo decodable chapter book for early readers. This book uses sequenced phonics skills and sight words to help developing readers. Original illustrations guide readers through the story. Author Cecilia Minden, PhD, a literacy consultant and former director of the Language and Literacy program at Harvard Graduate School of Education developed the specific format for this series"--
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Nothing says freedom like the great American road trip, especially when you're on the historic Lincoln Highway in Iowa. Join author Darcy Maulsby as she rediscovers the past, savors some classic Iowa recipes and explores authentic Americana along the timeless Lincoln Highway." --
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"From big bulldozers to speedy trains, this is the perfect busy vehicle book for parents and toddlers to share. Colorful pictures and fun-filled questions get children thinking and talking. Easy-grip picture tabs invite little fingers to turn right ot the pages they love!" --
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Every major American city has a highway tearing through its center. Seventy years ago, planners sold these highways as progress, essential to our future prosperity. The automobile promised freedom, and highways were going to take us there. Instead, they divided cities, displaced people from their homes, chained us to our cars, and locked us into a high-emissions future. And the more highways we built, the worse traffic got. Nowhere is this more visible...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Electric cars. Solar-powered planes. Poop-fueled trucks. Each of these technological advances in transportation is bringing us ever closer to a green future, and more are being developed all the time. Considering how many vehicles are on our roads--and in the water and air--sustainable transportation might be the most important innovation we can make to ensure our planet's future"--
Author
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
This Caldecott Honor-winning bilingual children's book, Spanish/English, is a fun way to introduce simple words and phrases in both languages and is sure to be a welcome resource at home and in schools and libraries. Choo choo! A train is passing by! Can you count the cars? Can you name the colors? Where is the train going? There's only one way to find out--all aboard the freight train! A bilingual edition of the classic Caldecott Honor Book for the...
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