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English
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"An extended picture book about the history and construction of the steamship SS United States, its designer William Francis Gibbs, and author/illustrator David Macaulay's personal story of immigration to America on board the SS United States."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Presents young readers with a variety of facts about modes of transportation, including trucks, cars, boats, trains, and planes.
Presenta a los jóvenes lectores con una variedad de datos sobre los medios de transporte, incluyendo camiones, coches, barcos, trenes y aviones.
5) Fly
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
©2019
Language
English
Description
"Get ready to take off in an airplane! Ground crew, flight attendants, pilots, and tower control are all here to help you journey across the sky. For first-time flyers eager to earn their wings or experienced flyers curious about who controls the plane, Fly shows readers the entire process that helps a plane climb high into the air and then land safely at its destination."--Page 2 of cover.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
©2018
Language
English
Description
"For more than 100 years, people have been captivated by the disastrous sinking of the Titanic that claimed over 1,500 lives. Now young readers can find out why the great ship went down and how it was discovered seventy-five years later. At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic, the largest passenger steamship of this time, met its catastrophic end after crashing into an iceberg. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew onboard, only...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
In the winter of 1952, New England was battered by the most brutal nor'easter in years. As the weather wreaked havoc on land, the freezing Atlantic became a wind-whipped zone of peril. In the early hours of Monday, February 18, while the storm raged, two oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer, found themselves in the same horrifying predicament. Built with "dirty steel," and not prepared to withstand such ferocious seas, both tankers split...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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A young readers edition of Doug Stanton and Michael J. Tougias' New York Times bestseller In Harm's Way--a riveting World War II account of the greatest maritime disaster in US naval history. On July 30, 1945, the U.S.S. Indianapolis was torpedoed in the South Pacific by a Japanese submarine. An estimated 300 men were killed upon impact; close to 900 sailors were cast into the Pacific Ocean, where they remained undetected by the navy for nearly four...
12) Vehicles ABC
Author
Publisher
Nosy Crow, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"This alphabet book for babies and toddlers features lots of familiar vehicles, providing hours of first-word fun. Learn the ABCs with bright pictures and a wide variety of things that go! And it's perfect for taking along on a ride -- whatever your mode of transportation"-- Provided by publisher
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