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Air Transportation Professionals - A Practical Career Guide (Paperback): Tracy Brown Hamilton Air Transportation Professionals - A Practical Career Guide (Paperback)
Tracy Brown Hamilton
R897 Discovery Miles 8 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Welcome to the air transportation field! If you are interested in a career in air transportation, you've come to the right book. What exactly do these people do on the job every day? What kind of skills and educational background do you need to succeed in this field? How much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and cons of these various professions? Is this the right career path for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book can help you answer these questions and more. Air Transportation Professionals: A Practical Career Guide, which includes interviews with professionals in this field which has proven to be a stable, lucrative, and growing profession. Pilot, co-pilot Air Traffic Controller Aircraft and Avionics Mechanic Airport Manager Transportation Security Screener Airfield Operations Specialist Aeronautical Engineer Flight Attendant

We Catch the Bus (Paperback): Katie Abey We Catch the Bus (Paperback)
Katie Abey; Illustrated by Katie Abey 1
R248 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Choose your favourite vehicle and LET'S GO! Join all the busy animals as they zoom around in every kind of vehicle you can imagine, vibrantly illustrated by the talented Katie Abey. Is that a cheeky monkey flying a plane? And did I see a llama riding a scooter? And there's a whole pack of animals catching that bus. All the animals are on the move in their favourite vehicles, zipping by in their own hilarious way. Travel across airports, race through city streets in fire engines and drive around building sites. Wherever you're going today ... tell us how it should be done! We Catch the Bus invites children to choose their favourite vehicles and how they like to travel over 12 spreads, packed with animals driving cars, buses, diggers, spacecraft, bikes, ships, scooters and more. With interactive speech bubbles and hilarious shout outs, this hilarious follow-up to We Wear Pants and We Eat Bananas is perfect for fans of You Choose and Just Imagine and kids who love to be on the move.

My Favorite Machine - Race Cars (Hardcover): Victoria Marcos My Favorite Machine - Race Cars (Hardcover)
Victoria Marcos
R619 Discovery Miles 6 190 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Billie Swift Takes Flight (Paperback): Iszi Lawrence Billie Swift Takes Flight (Paperback)
Iszi Lawrence
R254 R233 Discovery Miles 2 330 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

_______________ The story of WWII starring the brilliant pilots you've never heard of... the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) who battled against the odds to get the air force's planes to the front lines. This coming-of-age tale is perfect for fans of Emma Carroll, Michael Morpurgo and Hilary McKay. _______________ October, 1942. When twelve-year-old Billie is out exploring with her pet chicken, she sees a plane crash into a field and is left wondering if the pilot even survived. Determined to find out more, Billie finds a way into the ATA - a group of amazing pilots who defy the odds to get planes from the factories to the front lines - and her life changes for ever. Some of the pilots are men who are too old, or too injured for the air force. But many more are women. Intrepid, inspiring women who show Billie what she might grow up to become. With missions including ferrying turkeys over from Ireland and flying unfamiliar, broken planes, Billie is desperate to help. But piloting fighter planes could turn out to be more than she bargained for...

All Aboard The Discovery Express - Open the Flaps and Solve the Mysteries (Hardcover): Emily Hawkins, Tom Adams All Aboard The Discovery Express - Open the Flaps and Solve the Mysteries (Hardcover)
Emily Hawkins, Tom Adams; Illustrated by Tom Clohosy Cole 2
R490 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Save R72 (15%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Welcome on board the Discovery Express! The year is 1937 and a conundrum is afoot: a professor on the verge of a brilliant discovery has disappeared. Can you help to solve the clues on this time-travelling adventure and track down the missing scientist? On your voyage, you'll travel the world, see some of the most important moments in the history of transport, meet the most brilliant engineers of all time, and ultimately unveil the design of the world's first jet engine! With clues to solve on every page, this interactive lift-flap adventure is sure to spark the imaginations of aspiring scientists and engineers everywhere, as you travel back in time to discover the history of transport.

Lonely Planet Kids How Airports Work (Hardcover): Lonely Planet Kids, Tom Cornell, Clive Gifford Lonely Planet Kids How Airports Work (Hardcover)
Lonely Planet Kids, Tom Cornell, Clive Gifford; Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock 1
R450 R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Where does luggage go after check in? What happens in the control tower? How do planes actually fly? This interactive, lift-the-flap book takes you behind-the-scenes to uncover the hidden secrets of the airport - from a peek inside the cockpit to the hustle and bustle of departures. In this follow-up to How Cities Work, we explore the earliest airports through to today's giant transport hubs and what airports could look like in the future. Packed with amazing facts and illustrations from James Gulliver Hancock, it'll surprise and delight readers young and old, ensuring they never look at air travel in the same way again. Created in consultation with Tom Cornell, VP Airspace / Airfields, Americas at Landrum & Brown. Contents include: Airports Through the Ages The Great Get-to-the-Airport Race Find Your Way Round the Airport The Maintenance Hangar In the Terminal Inside an Aircraft The Control Tower Sees All Preparing Planes Ship That Cargo The Incredible Luggage Journey Airports of the Future About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.

Lonely Planet Kids Lift the Flap Transport Atlas (Hardcover): Lonely Planet Kids, Christina Webb Lonely Planet Kids Lift the Flap Transport Atlas (Hardcover)
Lonely Planet Kids, Christina Webb; Illustrated by Andy Mansfield
R427 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Buckle up! This interactive and colourful atlas takes young readers on a hands-on journey all around the world. Discover the stories behind the world's most iconic vehicles, including the countries where they were invented and the places that they're strongly associated with. Each page turned brings a new continent and its famous forms of transport to life. Discover how the first aeroplane took flight in America, the speed at which Japan's shinkansen bullet trains travel, and when the first hot air balloon floated into the sky of France. Plus we'll set sail to learn about the longships rowed by Scandinavia's vikings and the icebreakers that are used to plough through Antarctica's sea ice. Featuring over 100 flaps that lift to reveal fun facts and the inner workings of vehicles, this beautifully illustrated atlas will turbocharge kids' interest in the world of transport and travel. About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

Who Invented This? - Smart People and Their Bright Ideas (Hardcover): Gestalten Who Invented This? - Smart People and Their Bright Ideas (Hardcover)
Gestalten; Illustrated by Becky Thorns; Anne Ameri-Siemens
R539 R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Save R46 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Big Book of Boats (Hardcover): Luogo comune Big Book of Boats (Hardcover)
Luogo comune; Illustrated by Luogo comune; Translated by Catherine Bruzzone
R398 R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Save R46 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Embark on a voyage of discovery across the seven seas! From enormous cruise ships glittering in the evening light to incredible submarines exploring the depths of the ocean, boats reveal to us the secrets, stories and histories of our world. Read about big battles, amazing adventures, vast voyages and calamitous catastrophes. Characterful felt-tip illustrations and curious facts combine in this gift-worthy non-fiction book of boats. All aboard!

My First Bilingual Book - Vehicles (English, Chinese, Board book): Milet My First Bilingual Book - Vehicles (English, Chinese, Board book)
Milet
R236 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R12 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Guaranteed to enrich a toddler's vocabulary, this simple and fun series of bilingual board books is ideal for helping children discover a foreign language. Titles in the series feature animals, clothes, colors, fruit, home, jobs, music, numbers, opposites, plants, school, sports, tools, vegetables, and vehicles. This collection combines photographs, bright illustrations, and dual-language words in clear, bold text. Suitable for both individuals and groups, these books are a child's perfect introduction to exploring other languages.

Peter's Railway Activity Book (Paperback): Christopher G.C. Vine Peter's Railway Activity Book (Paperback)
Christopher G.C. Vine
R160 Discovery Miles 1 600 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Our new Activity Book is packed full of trains, colouring and engineering puzzles. Some of the activities are easy, others are more challenging. There's something for everyone: colouring, maths, crossword, anagrams, spot the dangers, join the dots, brain teasers, terrible train jokes, and a fabulous, new Spot the Difference! 32 pages of easy to follow activities, some more challenging than others but all great fun, combining learning, problem solving and creativity. The colouring pages bring the Peter's Railway books to life and you can be as creative as you like! Beware the "Most Dangerous Railway Station in the World" see if you can spot all the dangerous things that shouldn't be happening!! Keep the kids busy with this great new activity book from Peter's Railway.

Go, Go, Fire Trucks! - A First Book of Trucks for Toddlers (Paperback): Bonnie Rickner Jensen Go, Go, Fire Trucks! - A First Book of Trucks for Toddlers (Paperback)
Bonnie Rickner Jensen
R155 R147 Discovery Miles 1 470 Save R8 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Noisy Digger (Board book): Lauren Crisp Noisy Digger (Board book)
Lauren Crisp; Illustrated by Thomas Elliott
R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Busy Cars (Board book): Campbell Books Busy Cars (Board book)
Campbell Books; Illustrated by Mel Matthews
R226 R209 Discovery Miles 2 090 Save R17 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Push, pull and slide the tabs to zoom about town in Busy Cars! Lower the convertible's roof, swish the windscreen wipers and charge the car at the end of the day in this book about fun, fast, four-wheeled vehicles. Perfect for toddlers who like to play as they read, they will love this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Mel Matthews, which is part of the popular Busy Book series. Keep little ones busy with more of the Busy Book series: Busy Garage, Busy Tractor and Busy Ambulance.

Where Mice Meet the Sea (Hardcover): Victor Orne Where Mice Meet the Sea (Hardcover)
Victor Orne
R564 R518 Discovery Miles 5 180 Save R46 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Fire Truck's Day (Hardcover): Christina Leaf A Fire Truck's Day (Hardcover)
Christina Leaf
R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Story of the Car (Hardcover): Giles Chapman The Story of the Car (Hardcover)
Giles Chapman; Illustrated by Us Now 1
R422 R192 Discovery Miles 1 920 Save R230 (55%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A beautifully illustrative history of the world's most iconic and popular cars of all time. Perfect for children and adult motoring fans alike! Cars do so much more than get us from A to B: they are vehicles of beauty that allow drivers to determine their own destination. Trace their extraordinary history in this gorgeously illustrated guide, from Benz's first motor wagon to the jet-propelled ThrustSSC. Along the way, discover how the social upheavals of the past 140 years diverted the car's journey: two world wars, economic crashes, the digital revolution and more. Finally, explore the fantastical cars that have been imagined in film and the incredible vehicles that await us in the future. If you liked The Car Book, Fifty Cars that Changed the World and Car Science, you'll love The Story of the Car. Written by acclaimed motor expert Giles Chapman, and beautifully illustrated by the Us Now design studio, this is a visual treat for anyone who is fascinated by cars. The Story of the Car is the start of a groundbreaking series of stunning books on the social history of transport, with The Story of Flight and The Story of Space Travel to follow.

Lonely Planet Kids How Ships Work (Hardcover): Lonely Planet Kids, Clive Gifford Lonely Planet Kids How Ships Work (Hardcover)
Lonely Planet Kids, Clive Gifford; Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock
R449 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The latest in our How... series takes to the waves to reveal the wonders of ships, boats and ferries and answers the questions of how they do what they do, what they're used for and how they have changed over time. Featuring fantastic artwork by celebrated illustrator James Gulliver Hancock, words by author Clive Gifford and loads of flaps to lift, this is the quintessential kids guide to all things ships! Raise anchor as you set sail through the ages, from wooden paddle boats and tiny coracles to swanky mega-yachts with helipads and paddle steamers in this companion to How Airports Work and How Trains Work. From gigantic cruise liners to beautiful sailing ships, young readers will travel through history and around the world to find out everything they ever wanted to know about ships. Lift the flaps to unfurl papyrus sails on an Ancient Egyptian ship sailing up the Nile, tour a historic Spanish galleon, zoom across the water at almost 320 miles per hour in a speedboat, and much more. See how ships stay afloat, cultivate wind power, and navigate using just the stars. Learn all about how the first simple boats carved out of tree trunks evolved into the giant super yachts and cruise liners of today, and take a look at the limitless possibilities of the ships of the future. How Ships Work is jam-packed with amazing facts and awesome illustrations, and was created in consultation with the National Maritime Museum, UK. About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!

A World of Supercars (Hardcover): Paul Mason A World of Supercars (Hardcover)
Paul Mason
R475 Discovery Miles 4 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Enter the super-fast and furious world of supercars

A World of Supercars is crammed with amazing, up-close photographs of some of the most famous supercars in the world, and all the top facts and figures about their performance. Get up to speed on engine types, aerodynamics, handling and other tech topics, and meet the stars of the supercar world.

Perfect reading for petrol-heads aged 9 and up.

i-SPY At the Airport - Spy it! Score it! (Paperback): I Spy i-SPY At the Airport - Spy it! Score it! (Paperback)
I Spy
R123 R112 Discovery Miles 1 120 Save R11 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun! Kids will have fun collecting points around the airport with more than 140 things to find. From tail fins to baggage trolleys, travellators to fuel trucks, they'll learn all about aeroplanes and air travel. And once they've scored 1000 points, super-spotters can claim their official i-SPY certificate and badge. With more than 30 i-SPY books to collect, there's something for everyone! For even more fun at the airport check out the i-SPY At the Airport Activity Book (ISBN 9780008392888).

Modes of Transportation - ABC Book of Rhymes: Reading at Bedtime Brainy Benefits (Hardcover): Sarah Mazor, Yael Rosenberg Modes of Transportation - ABC Book of Rhymes: Reading at Bedtime Brainy Benefits (Hardcover)
Sarah Mazor, Yael Rosenberg; Illustrated by Cherizar Graham
R743 Discovery Miles 7 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long (Hardcover): Sherri Duskey Rinker Construction Site: Farming Strong, All Year Long (Hardcover)
Sherri Duskey Rinker; Illustrated by AG Ford
R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

There's work to do! No time to waste! All year the farm's a busy place! Six hardworking trucks-with help from brand-new farm vehicles-have work to do in each of the seasons: planting in spring, building a barn in the summer, harvesting in fall, and finally tucking the animals in for a cozy winter. Construction enthusiasts will love this look at a farm through the year, and all the rough, tough work there is to do! Sherri Duskey Rinker and AG Ford, the author-illustrator team behind the many New York Times CONSTRUCTION SITE bestsellers, bring their playful rhyming text and vibrant illustrations to another exciting tale of teamwork, sure to delight little construction fans everywhere.

Train Ultimate Sticker Book (Paperback): Dk Train Ultimate Sticker Book (Paperback)
Dk
R85 R79 Discovery Miles 790 Save R6 (7%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This ultimate train sticker book is great for children obsessed with railways and engines. With over 60 reusable stickers, children can learn about everything from early steam trains right up to Japanese bullet trains. Packed with fun facts and interesting information for budding engineers, children can expand their knowledge and get creative with this train activity book. Children can discover what a chaldron is, which world record the Mallard locomotive set, and when the French TGV trains were introduced. With stickers that can be reused and moved, the Train Ultimate Sticker Book is a perfect book for children aged 5 to 7 fascinated by this terrific transport.

Lonely Planet Kids Trains 1 (Board book): Lonely Planet Kids Lonely Planet Kids Trains 1 (Board book)
Lonely Planet Kids; Illustrated by James Gulliver Hancock
R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Explorers: Things That Go (Hardcover, Unabridged): Clive Gifford Explorers: Things That Go (Hardcover, Unabridged)
Clive Gifford
R120 Discovery Miles 1 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Vehicles and transportation are fertile ground for the imagination, and they are also a fantastic gateway to the physical sciences. Explorers: Things that Go uses a series of eye-catching story scenes to set the stage for a wide-ranging examination of the science behind motion. From the speed of racing, to transport on the rails, the science of heavy machinery, the physics of flight, and what keeps boats afloat. After readers absorb the elements of each story, they can explore the details through photographs and explanations on the following page. If they are interested in a particular aspect of transportation they can hop through the book following one of four icons related to their interest. Back matter offers plenty of resources for further multimedia exploration.

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