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Cars, trains, ships & planes : a visual encyclopedia of every vehicle /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2015Copyright date: �2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 146543805X
  • 9781465438058
  • 9781465452573
  • 1465452575
Other title:
  • Cars, trains, ships and planes
  • DK Smithsonian cars, trains, ships and planes
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 629.04 23
LOC classification:
  • TL147 .G5436 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Transportation timelines -- Land -- Water -- Air -- Glossary.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
JNF JNF Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction J 629.04 GIF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000561757

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.

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