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Gifford, Clive,

Cars, trains, ships & planes : a visual encyclopedia of every vehicle / Cars, trains, ships and planes DK Smithsonian cars, trains, ships and planes - First American edition. - 256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

At head of title: DK Smithsonian. Includes index.

Transportation timelines -- Land -- Water -- Air -- Glossary.

Get kids revved up and ready to read. Cars, Trains, Ships & Planes is a visual encyclopedia of every vehicle to zoom, sail, soar, float, or fly across the land, sea, and sky. Displaying more than 1,000 vehicles including classic cars, hybrids, race cars, sail boats, luxury cruise ships, BMX and dirt bikes, military tanks, steam locomotives, mountain trains, hot air balloons, fighter jets, International Space Station manned spacecraft and more, plus a glossary and index, this visual catalog is perfect for young transportation buffs. In addition to the images for readers to spot and explore, text covers facts and figures on record breakers and news makers and includes the story of the history of transportation -- from the first wheel to the latest hybrids.

Ages 8-12.

ISBN: 146543805X 9781465438058 9781465452573 1465452575

Source: 1400513 QBI

LCCN: 2015473820

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vehicles--Juvenile literature.
Vehicles--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Transportation--Juvenile literature.
Transportation--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Transportation.
Vehicles.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Encyclopedias.
Juvenile works.
Encyclopedias.

LC Class. No.: TL147 / .G5436 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 629.04