transportation

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transportation

On the move

green transportation
2009
Explains how cars, airplanes, ships, trains, and other methods of transportation impact the environment and offers greener alternatives for getting around.

Medieval towns, trade, and travel

2004
Describes various aspects of life in a medieval European town, including craftspeople, tradespeople, religion, education, markets and fairs, money, transportation, and town defenses, and also discusses the silk and spice routes and important explorers.

Transportation

a pictorial history of the past one thousand years
2000
A pictorial history of developments in transportation over the last millennium.

Ancient transportation

from camels to canals
2000
Surveys transportation technology in various cultures from the Stone Age to A.D. 476, including China, Egypt, Mesoamerica, and Greece.

Transportation

1995
Chronicles the transportation developments that have shaped human life from the invention of the wheel to the first walk on the moon, providing descriptions, illustrations, and diagrams and covering such topics as roads, navigation, internal combustion, and mass production.

Zoomrimes

poems about things that go
1993
Twenty-six poems, all of which describe a means of transportation or something that travels, ranging from "Ark" to "Zeppelin.".

Bridging the continent

a sourcebook on the American West
1992
Describes and illustrates the opening up and settling of the Old West, its trails, canals, railroads, and other aspects, from the early migrations to the coming of the telephone, through a variety of images created during that period.

Build your own car, rocket, and other things that go

2011
This book provides children with instructions and tips on how to build a variety of vehicles, including a mousetrap car, a paddle wheel boat, and a Formula One racecar.

Moving people, moving stuff

2012
Simple text helps children learn about the transporting of people and goods from place to place, including airplanes, trains, ships, and more.

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