Going places

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

Offers examples of different types of trains and explains why people enjoy traveling on them.

Offers examples of different types of planes and explains why people enjoy traveling on them.

Photographs and text describes trains and railroad travel.

Offers examples of different types of boats and explains why people enjoy traveling on them.

Young readers can follow a boy and his sister as they travel across the Alaskan snow in their dog sled.

Describes the history of automobiles; different kinds of cars such as taxis, race cars, and police cars; and what cars of the future may be like.

Describes what it is like to ride on different kinds of buses, including school, city, long-distance, double-decker, and shuttle buses, as well as trolleys.

Describes the history of airplanes; different kinds of planes such as seaplanes, crop dusters, and military aircraft; and how passenger jets are directed.