Boatman Toad's boat is all ready for him to pick up. Join him on a trip through the boatyard as you practice reading words with "oa." This book uses the Dyslexie font to make reading easier for people with dyslexia. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Learn all about the Phantom by Rolls Royce. Discover fascinating facts and specs, from high-performance parts to sleek designs and unique details.
Join the car mania! It's time to shift gears and zoom into the sleek and speedy world of sports cars. Learn about the first sports cars, what the top American and European models are, and what sports cars have under the hood. After Reading Questions. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Join the car mania! It's time to shift gears and zoom into the totally unique world of tuner cars. Learn what it means to tune a car, common ways that cars are customized, and the difference between a lowrider and a lead sled. After Reading Questions. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Join the car mania! It's time to take your hands off the wheel and zoom into the high-tech world of driverless cars. Learn about the first driverless cars, how sensors work together to let a car "see" its surroundings, and what driverless cars can do at five different levels of automation. After Reading Questions. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Join the car mania! It's time to shift gears and zoom into the powerful world of muscle cars. Learn about the golden age of muscle cars, what they have under the hood, what the top models are, and how they are used in racing. After Reading Questions. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Join the car mania! It's time to shift gears and zoom onto the racetrack. Learn about the first car races, what special parts race cars have, and what kids of cars you'll find at formula races and NASCAR races. After Reading Questions. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Join the car mania! It's time to shift gears and zoom into the cutting-edge world of concept cars. Learn what a concept car is, why car companies make them, and how designers imagine and create these never-before-seen vehicles. After Reading Questions. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's Notes available.
Stylish vehicles that handle like a racecar, sports cars are great fun to drive. Take a closer look at some of the most popular sports cars ever made and check out the cool technology under the hood.
Outrageously expensive with jaw-dropping style, supercars are the most admired vehicles on the road. Learn about the cool technology behind the best supercars ever made.
From superkarts to the latest F1 models, racecars are machines built for extreme speed. Discover some of the fastest cars in the world and learn about the cool technology that makes them go.
From rockets on wheels to vehicles that drive themselves, these are cars that boggle the mind. Discover some of the strangest cars ever made and learn about the cool technology that makes them go.
From crazy designs created for movies to vehicles made for driving in style, custom cars are one-of-a-kind specials. Take a closer look at some of the most eye-catching cars ever made.
Some cars are so popular that people still want them decades after they were made. Take a closer look at some of the greatest classic cars in history and learn why collectors prize them so highly.
Learn all about the S-Class by Mercedes-Benz. Discover fascinating facts and specs, from high-performance parts to sleek designs and unique details.
Learn all about the R8 by Audi. Discover fascinating facts and specs, from high-performance parts to sleek designs and unique details.
Learn all about the Range Rover by Land Rover. Discover fascinating facts and specs, from high-performance parts to sleek designs and unique details.
Learn all about the Escalade by Cadillac. Discover fascinating facts and specs, from high-performance parts to sleek designs and unique details.
Learn all about the Phantom by Rolls Royce. Discover fascinating facts and specs, from high-performance parts to sleek designs and unique details.
Learn all about the Continental GT by Bentley. Discover fascinating facts and specs, from high-performance parts to sleek designs and unique details.
In 1974, an inventor named Victor Wouk became a man who could be described as ahead of his time. He had developed a prototype for the hybrid, a car that would become the most credible and commercially successful alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles.
As a girl, Amelia Earhart aspired to a future that would take her beyond the family and medical problems of her younger years, as well as the restrictions imposed on her because she was female. Widely celebrated for her long-distance flights, she also set records for altitude and speed, and helped develop passenger airline service. As a writer and magazine editor, Earhart also further advanced the cause of flight and of women in aviation. Her disappearance during a daring around-the-world flight in 1937 has been a source of intrigue for over 80 years. Earhart’s life and career have provided inspiration to generations of young people, particularly those whose paths have been beset with obstacles and barriers.
When tanks roared onto the battlefield for the first time in World War I, these mechanical beasts changed how battles were fought and how wars were won. Tanks at War looks at the history of tanks, the always-changing technology of weaponry and armor, and how tactics for the use of tanks in battle have changed from a hundred years ago to modern conflicts today. Read about new technologies in the works for the future including robotic tanks and invisibility cloaking devices.
The Underground, the Metro, the Tube, the subway - whatever you call it, underground transit is a mark of a modern city public transportation system. Packed with historic and contemporary photographs, this compelling book will grab readers with an interest in subways and railways. Also included are underground escape routes and abandoned underground tunnel systems.
Automobile companies and the military must keep secret the development of cutting-edge transportation technology to stay one step ahead of competitors and enemies. Readers will love this awesome book which describes car labs where researchers develop the latest super-secret models, and how technology experts in the military develop new ways for vehicles to go undetected.