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Books > Children's & Educational > Technology & applied sciences > Transport technologies
Now an Emmy award-winning Netflix series! The highly-anticipated
new book from the New York Times bestselling series, with over 7
million copies in print 'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last
Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff
Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. A Netflix Original series!
The New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling
Last Kids on Earth series presents Quint Baker and Dirk Savage in
their own epic adventure! June Del Toro went on a wild flight in a
super-rad solo episode; now get ready for the dynamic duo: it's
Quint and Dirk! Picking up after the events of The Last Kids on
Earth and the Doomsday Race, adventure abounds as the best buddies
encounter new monsters and embark on a postapocalyptic quest for
the ages. You won't want to miss this essential Last Kids story
that includes crucial details about the next book in the series!
Told in a mixture of text and black-and-white illustration, this is
the perfect series for any kid who's ever dreamed of starring in
their own comic book or video game. The Last Kids on Earth series:
The Last Kids on Earth The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade
The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King The Last Kids on
Earth and the Cosmic Beyond The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight
Blade The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road And don't miss
the full-colour graphic novel: The Last Kids on Earth: Thrilling
Tales from the Tree House
This engagingly illustrated book tells in thrilling detail the
story of the Carpathia, the small vessel which saved hundreds of
people from drowing during the sinking of the Titanic. Written and
illustrated by debut Northern Irish artist Flora Delargy, whose
grandfather and great grandfather both worked in the Belfast
Shipyards where the Titanic was built, this exquisitely illustrated
story of quiet bravery tells in rich detail how the little ship
Carpathia saved 705 passengers of the Titanic from the icy waters
of the North Atlantic. 'A visual feast [...] Exquisite artwork
[...] A triumphant debut'- The Observer, Best Picture Books 'A tour
de force - a gripping account [..] spare, well-judged text and
delicate but powerful illustrations'- The Guardian 'I don't often
cry while reading non-fiction, but this powerful story, beautifully
told, brought me to tears [...] one of my books of the year'- Irish
Examiner With the approaching 110-year anniversary of the ship's
sinking, Rescuing Titanic and its story of the Carpathia offers a
fresh perspective on the incident from an author-illustrator
uniquely connected to the story. In the middle of the night, the
Carpathia received a distress call from the sinking Titanic. The
intrepid little ship heroically changed course and headed straight
into the frozen sea to help save as many people as it could. Follow
the Carpathia as it risks everything to navigate remote,
treacherous ice fields in the dark and come to the rescue of
passengers on the world-famous ocean liner. Along the journey, you
will learn all about Morse code, navigation tools, the different
roles of the crew, how the ships found each other, and
by-the-minute details of exactly what happened on this cold and
fateful night. The illustrations set the scene and take the reader
into the frozen eerie night in the North Atlantic. Beautiful
full-bleed illustration and vignettes give great detail about how
everyone on the ship made their own contribution and showed true
bravery. Rescuing Titanic shows that a glimmer of hope can be found
even in great tragedy and that heroes are not always big and
mighty, but can also be small and unassuming. This is the debut
book in the Hidden Histories series, which explores with beautiful
illustrations and vivid details the untold parts of stories we
thought we knew.
Race Cars is a children's book about white privilege created to
help parents and educators facilitate tough conversations about
race, privilege and oppression. Written by a clinical social worker
and child therapist with experience in anti-bias training and
edited by a diversity expert, Race Cars tells the story of 2 best
friends, a white car and a black car, that have different
experiences and face different rules while entering the same race.
Filled with bright, attention-grabbing illustrations, a notes and
activities section at the back helps parents, guardians and
teachers further discuss these issues with children. Why is this
book important? As early as 6 months old, a baby's brain can notice
race-based differences; children ages 2 to 4 can internalise racial
bias and start assigning meaning to race; and 5- to 8-year-olds
begin to place value judgments on similarities and differences. By
age 12, children have a complete set of stereotypes about every
racial, ethnic and religious group in society. Our guidance is
especially crucial during this impressionable time. Race Cars
offers a simple, yet powerful, way to introduce these complicated
themes to our children and is a valuable addition to classroom and
home libraries. "... a great tool for helping young people
understand structural racial inequality-and the importance of
challenging it!" - Margaret A. Hagerman, Associate Professor of
Sociology, Author of White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a
Racially Divided America "... can jumpstart important conversations
with children about racism, white privilege, and how to fight
racial injustice in their own lives." - Marianne Celano, New York
Times bestselling co-author of Something Happened in Our Town: A
Child's Story About Racial Injustice
A dream come true: Peter is invited to ride in the cab of a large
modern diesel locomotive! Luckily the journey was not as wild as
one of Grandpa's tales from the old steam days: Wagons without
brakes, speeding trains with runaway carriages getting lost in the
night...Another adventure with Peter and his Grandpa. Real
engineering detail with 12 watercolours by John Wardle. Age 6 to 12
years.
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Cars
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All aboard! From the fastest to the longest, the oldest to the
newest, through tunnels, across bridges and up mountainsides, take
a fascinating ride through the world of trains in this brilliant
new book from illustrator James Gulliver Hancock. In this follow-up
to How Cities Work and How Airports Work, young readers travel
through history and around the world to find out everything they
ever wanted to know about trains. Unfold pages and lift flaps to
reveal bustling stations, old steam locomotives fuelled with coal,
and high-speed trains zooming across Japan at almost 400 miles per
hour! And that's not all. See how trains reach the top of
mountains, transport people under cities, and work beneath the sea.
And don't forget to dress up - we'll take you on some luxurious
journeys including the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to
Vladivostok, and The Ghan, which runs all the way across Australia!
How Trains Work is jam-packed with amazing facts and awesome
illustrations, and was created in consultation with Anthony Coulls,
Senior Curator of Rail Transport & Technology, National Railway
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!
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.
When was the wheel invented? How fast is a bullet train? What makes
a car go? Find out in this interactive book with 100 questions and
answers, and 70 lift-flaps to explore. Lift the flaps to look
inside a car's engine, learn about farm machines, find out about
aircraft, see the fastest vehicles, and take a closer at emergency
vehicles, construction machinery and submarines.
THE STORY OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY TO SPACE
Long before anyone had designed a rocket, the Montgolfier brothers were making hot air balloons. In October 1783, they became the first people to experience controlled flight. Balloon to the Moon starts there and leads to Neil Armstrong's 'small step' and beyond. But why stop there?
Learn about the great innovations of the past, then get ready for BLAST OFF into an unknown but exciting future.
Take off with some of the world's famous aircraft. This book
contains 4 super punch-out Glide Planes in a pull-out center
section. With pre-cut parts they're so easy to assemble And that's
not all. After you have built the planes you still have a fantastic
20 page full color book, filled with great pictures showing the
history of flight - from its beginnings up to the fastest, biggest
and strangest flying machines ever created.
One took the east coast and one took the west coast. Together the
two Henrys helped make Florida what it is.
An exciting biography about the man who changed Florida's east
coast with his hotels and his Florida East Coast Railway.Henry
Morrison Flagler was already a millionaire when he first visited
Florida in 1878. He liked what he saw. He came back and built
railroads along the east coast so that others could more easily
come. And he built grand hotels so that those who came had a
beautiful place to stay. By the end of his long and productive
life, he had built a railroad all the way to the very end of the
Keys. It arrived in Key West in 1912. Henry Flagler was very
determined and practical. He met all the great challenges he set
for himself.Ages 9-12
With sing-along song from David Gibb, Lollies Award-winning
Michelle Robinson's busy story based on the tongue-twister is
bursting with trucks, doggie drivers, vehicles and colour! Red
Lorry and Yellow Lorry must get to the construction site, but they
have a snow-drift, a breakdown and a speeding tractor to contend
with along the way... Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry: which one would you
drive? Jam-packed with lorries, trucks, cars, motorbikes and all
kinds of vehicles! Sing along with a QR code link to the official
Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry song by David Gibb! 'Dares to dive deep
into a magnificent fiasco, a delight for the youngest of truck
aficionados' KIRKUS 'A celebration of traffic jam-packed with fun.
It will be essential reading for any young transportophile, but
just as entertaining for the rest of the family too'
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