motor vehicles

Explores the characteristics of cars.

"Illustrations and easy-to-read text show the advantages of being on a bicycle when streets are jammed with other vehicles"--Provided by publisher.

"While Back to the Future's hovering skateboards hasn't become reality yet, hoverboards can certainly help people get around today. From driverless cars to Japan's amazing bullet train, travel technology has advanced by leaps and bounds for both individuals and large groups of people. Readers climb aboard these incredible inventions in this book, discovering the coolest ways technology is improving travel while learning about many STEM curriculum supporting topics along the way. Full-color photographs enhance a dynamic design that draws in readers for a wild ride"--Provided by the publisher.

Discusses and displays various types of vehicles including race cars, hot rods, monster trucks, motorcycles and other cars, both new and historical.

Describes a vehicle or street sign for every letter of the alphabet from Ambulance to Zamboni.

Presents some of the most powerful and unusual vehicles used today, including the dragster, rocket plane, and stretch limo.

Describes powerful vehicles such as bulldozers, cargo planes, excavators, forklifts, and skidders.

"Features four-color photographs of LEGO scale models of real vehicles from builders around the world. Includes tips and tricks that describe the design and building process"--Provided by publisher.

Bicycles were only invented about two hundred years ago?and the first ones didn't have tires or brakes! But bikes aren't the only way we've tried to conquer the roads, seas, and skies. You'll discover how slow the earliest steam locomotives were, how Leonardo da Vinci designed a flying machine inspired by bats and birds, how the US Department of Defense invented GPS, and more! Chart the progress of transportation, from chariots and dugout canoes to bullet trains and spacecraft.

Invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about pickup trucks.