tractor trailers

Examines the different types of tractor-trailers, and highlights how they work. Includes a glossary, illustrated diagrams, and color photographs.

Presents facts about big rig trucks, including how they work, the special equipment they need, and how they transport cargo around the country.

Simple text and color photographs provide early readers with an introduction to semi trucks.

Sam drives a mighty tractor trailer with a bulldozer on top to a busy construction site where workers will build a new home.

Simple text and color photographs introduce the basic facts about semitrucks. Includes information on the parts of a semitruck, what they are used for, and what they might haul.

A big eighteen-wheeler truck describes the kind of work it does.

Describes different kinds of tractor trailers, or big rigs, and the loads they haul.

Photographs and simple text describe what it is like to drive large trucks and semis.

Describes the evolution of the big rig since its beginning in 1804, the various kinds of trucks, their key parts, driver preparation, and work rules.

"I cruise down the highway--the most powerful truck on the road! I have a giant trailer full of supplies to deliver, so nobody better get in my way!".