boats and boating

"Describes the many types of vehicles used to explore the ocean and transport people and goods over water"--Amazon.

Introduces the history and types of boats, explains the parts of a boat and how they work, and discusses how boats are used today.

"What does it take to make a boat float? Gather some supplies and try it out for yourself! Discover tips and ideas on how to build the best boat around!"--Provided by publisher.

Provides an overview of the experience of going on a boat.

Taking the ferry is an interesting--and fun--way to travel. This mode of nautical public transportation has its own unique features, procedures, and vocabulary. Young readers will learn all about taking the ferry with this book's simple, easy-to-digest text.

Eleven-year-old Skeet Waters flees to his boat to escape his parents' troubles and discovers a manatee that had been shot in the head.

Presents various kinds of boats which come and go in a busy harbor.

While coping with his parents' separation, eleven-year-old Skeet spends most of Spring Break in his skiff on a Florida river, where he finds a manatee shot to death and begins looking for the killer.

Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.

Struggling to find a direction for his life after his legal guardian dies, his basketball dreams end, and his girlfriend goes off to college, high school graduate Jackson O'Connell takes a job working in a boatyard and learns how to sail.