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...

"Leveled text and vibrant, full-color photographs take readers through the cultural and technological advances that affected transportation through time. Readers will compare life in the past to life today. An infographic and What Do You Think? sidebars and an activity encourage deeper inquiry. Features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index."--Provided by publisher.

Readers can learn about a vehicle they see every day while strengthening reading skill.

"Buckle in the kids for a wild ride through this vehicle-themed seek-and-find title. Hundreds of hidden objects are tucked inside vehicles that roll, rumble, float, and fly across each full-color puzzle. To-find lists include both pictographs and word labels to engage pre-readers and early readers alike"--

Sisters Jaundice and Kale Bland are flown to Egypt, where they are reunited with their parents, whose real identities they learn, and seek to uncover the mysteries of a magical scarab.

Describes, in text and illustrations, the many different modes of transportation children all over the world use to get to school.

A factual picture book packed with engaging illustrations and fun information is designed for shared or independent reading and includes coverage of a wide variety of transportation vehicles, from early wheeled carts to the speedy cars of today.

Earth is under threat. Today, our planet faces huge challenges as a result of human actions. The time has come to replace those negative actions with positive ones-it's time to take eco action! Readers will discover how cleaner, greener transportation is helping solve Earth's pollution problems and how organizations everywhere are taking action to help protect our planet. Readers will also learn how they too can take eco action and help save planet...

Presents over 1,000 vehicles in easy-to-follow graphics, describing key features of each main type of transportation and how they work.

When, two weeks before Christmas, the elves discover that Santa's sleigh is in a bad state, twelve teams of elves set out to build twelve different sleighs: a souped up hot rod, a semitruck that flies, a ship that sails in the sky, and each version is more elaborate than the one before--but which will Santa choose?