Answers questions about transportation and vehicles, including "Do airships run on air?" and "Why don't ships sink?"

"Simple text and full color photographs introduce young readers to police cars. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

Captain Small goes sailing, fishes from his boat, goes for an unexpected swim, and braves a storm on the way home.

"With flaps to lift and easy-to-turn tabbed pages, this book is perfect for fans of things that drive, sail, and fly!"--Page 4 of cover.

Get ready to laugh! Highlights kids tell jokes that are both clever and hilarious. The stationmaster tries to find out what's making his little red train sneeze. Children watch a dump truck fill holes in the road. Beth takes Bert and Grandfather on a plane ride right in their backyard. Lulu and Grandpa ride through a pretend landscape in a train made from cardboard boxes and a wooden bench. Juan Toucan and Bebo Bear travel by subway, bus, and...

Describes eighty different modes of transportation, from horse-drawn chariots and steam locomotives to tandem bicycles, double-decker buses, snowmobiles, and space shuttles.

At the turn of the twentieth century, good highways eluded most Americans and nearly all southerners. In their place, a jumble of dirt roads covered the region like a bed of briars. Introduced in 1915, the Dixie Highway changed all that by merging hundreds of short roads into dual interstate routes that looped from Michigan to Miami and back. In connecting the North and the South, the Dixie Highway helped end regional isolation and served as a model...