boats and boating

This book describes machines used on the sea, such as powerboats, supercarriers, nuclear attack subs, supertankers, hovercrafts, cruise ships, and luxury yachts, and what they can do.

Small Pig and his friends Old Goat and Turkey spend the day in a rowboat on a lake.

Explains displacement and fundamentals of sailing, gives directions for building a catamaran and a hovercraft, and suggests experiments showing how things float.

Salty the dog helps his master build a sailboat.

Depicts many different types of boats and ships with short descriptions of their various characteristics.

A little girl notices all the sights, smells, and sounds along the way when her family takes a ferryboat to their summer island.

Photographs and simple text describe all kinds of large and small boats and their functions.

Describes the functions and inner workings of various kinds of boats, including the rowing boat, cargo boat, and racing yacht.

Introduces many kinds of boats and ships, including rowboats, canoes, sailboats, speedboats, cruise ships, submarines, tugboats, and tankers.

The last thing Amanda wants to do is spend a week in the forest with her classmates, who make her life miserable; however, when she and Philip, the class bully, overturn their raft on the white water, they begin a week-long struggle for survival.