By boat, by train, by goat, and by plane. This illustrated book introduces early readers to the different ways people travel from place to place. Featuring simple text, vivid illustrations, and an engaging rhyme, young learners will be encouraged to share what they read or create a story of their own.

"Leveled text and vibrant, full-color photographs take readers through the cultural and technological advances that affected transportation through time. Readers will compare life in the past to life today. An infographic and What Do You Think? sidebars and an activity encourage deeper inquiry. Features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index."--Provided by publisher.

"What to expect from a trip on an airplane."-- Provided by publisher.

This book uses a selection of fun true or false questions to get readers thinking all about cars, boats, airplanes, trains, and more. Readers turn the page to reveal the answer to each question and learn fascinating transportation facts.

"What to expect from a trip on a subway."-- Provided by publisher.

"Information for beginner readers about all forms of transportation."--Provided by publisher.

"Simple text and large, colorful photographs introduce young readers to various military vehicles"-- Provided by publisher.

McPhee's books are about real people in real places. Over the past eight years, McPhee has spent considerable time in the company of people who work in freight transportation. This is his sketchbook of them and of his journeys with them. He rides from Atlanta to Tacoma alongside Don Ainsworth, owner and operator of a sixty-five-foot, eighteen-wheel chemical tanker carrying hazmats. He attends ship-handling school on a pond in the foothills of the...

America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line-the first American railroad-in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the American railroad network was bigger in every sense than Europe's, and facilitated everything from long-distance travel to commuting and transporting goods to waging...

"Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It's a rule. But what would happen if they did? From the New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project, a heartwarming novel about unexpected friendships and the joy of connecting. Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she...