Alamosa Public Library

"These fabulous books are a must for any young reader with an interest in vehicles and machines. Each book is filled with amazing machines, fun facts, jokes, and age-appropriate text in colorful boxes. This book takes a close look at machines you can drive including monster trucks, tractors, and giant motorbikes. Find out which driving machine is the mightiest of them all!"--

Recounts Rosa Parks' daring effort to stand up for herself and other African Americans by helping to end segregation on public transportation.

"In this book, early fluent readers discover the amazing technology used to make transportation safe, while learning about how engineers work, challenges they face, and other professionals who help keep transportation safe. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about these engineering feats."--

Discusses the history and use of military motorcycles, highlighting specific models and their roles in various battles.

Provides an introduction to school buses, describing what they look like, how they operate, and how they are used.

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

Looks at huge vehicles and equipment that are used in construction, mining, transportation and other endeavors. Includes descriptions of gigantic dump trucks, ladder trucks, telehandlers, cruise ships, aerial trucks, container ships, freight trains, tankers, crawler-transporters and the International Space Station.

"How do I get to school? While lots of students hop on a bus, on my way to school explores some alternative methods used by kids around the world, including subways, bikes, and boats. it's a transportation treat for young readers, narrated in 1st-person by a fellow student and accompanied by bright, full-color illustrations that embrace diversity" --

Overviews the efficiency, problems, and new technology of transportation today and theorizes what the transportation of the future may be like, both with unlimited energy and with a modest supply.

Jack loves and misses his bus-driving grandfather. When Grandpa Nod got sick, Jack's mother said eight-year-old Jack was too young to visit his grandfather in the hospital. When Grandpa Nod died, Jack's mother said Jack was too young to go to the funeral.

One day after school, Jack gets on the wrong bus. To his surprise he discovers Grandpa Nod is in the driver's seat of the empty bus. Grandpa Nod takes him to all the places Jack was too young...