boats and boating

Provides a guide to the origins, principles, and historical study of boats.

Publisher Annotation: On a visit to their local seaside park, Penn is convinced there has been a mermaid sighting, and Paige is determined-once again-to prove him wrong, one fact at a time.

Readers learn about life and surroundings in fishing villages.

The use of grooved rollers to transport goods may have led to the invention of the wheel in ancient times. Humans have used boats for water transportation for at least 50,000 years. Examine significant developments in land and water vehicles in Land and Water Transportation, one of the titles in the Technology and Innovation series.

Help Dora and Boots get past Swiper the Fox so they can bring their basket of treats to Abuela's house. It's Mother's Day, but before Diego can celebrate, he needs to help the Bobo Brothers get home to their mommy. Ming-Ming and Tuck meet Linny at her Granny's nursing home to save an Old White Mouse. Bee and Slug accidentally take the Flyboat for an out-of-control ride. When Muno's family comes to visit Gabba Land, it's a great time to sing, dance, and learn about family. Help Blue and Steve learn to take care of lots of things, from plants to pets to animal families. Kai-lan is super excited to spend a sunny day dancing, finding seashells, and building sandcastles at the beach.

A toy sailboat encounters a variety of animals as it journeys down a brook, to the river, and finally to the ocean.

Little Ferry feels like no one notices her. She isn't strong like Tugboat or fast like Speedboat or graceful like Sailboat, the boats everyone loves to watch. But Little Ferry is special, too! She's patient and careful and always on time. And when disaster flares on Wildlife Island, Little Ferry finds that her quiet traits are the very ones that will help her finally stand out and save the day.

Fishing-obsessed Casey James loved spending time aboard the Orca II, his dad's charter boat. The coastal waters south of San Francisco provided great fishing and adventure. Each fall the waters surrounding the Farallon Islands become populated with large and powerful great white sharks. This extremely aggressive species holds the interest of many, especially fourteen-year-old Casey. A late October fishing trip took an unexpected turn when the Orca II received an emergency SOS from the S.S. Atlantis. Shortly before the huge freighter sank to the depths of the Pacific, Casey and his dad rescued the crew. A mystery involving a long-protected secret from the past began to surface from the catastrophe. A twenty-five-foot great white shark and a surfing copetition with a $500,000 grand prize only add to the chaos and mystery of the Monster of Farallon Islands!"--Back cover.

Simple rhyming text tells the story of children building a boat.

It is another busy day for Stanley and his friends at the boatyard.