Cars, trains, ships & planes
Subtitle: a visual encyclopedia of every vehicle
By: written by Clive Gifford
Contributors: DK Publishing, Inc
Edition: First American edition.
Series: DK Smithsonian; DK Smithsonian
Publisher: DK Children
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781465438058; 9781465452573
Subjects: Transportation; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / How Things Work-Are Made; Juvenile Encyclopedias; Juvenile literature; Vehicles; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Transportation
Other titles: Cars, trains, ships and planes; DK Smithsonian cars, trains, ships and planes
Description: Get kids revved up and ready to read. Cars, Trains, Ships & Planes is a visual encyclopedia of every vehicle to zoom, sail, soar, float, or fly across the land, sea, and sky. Displaying more than 1,000 vehicles including classic cars, hybrids, race cars, sail boats, luxury cruise ships, BMX and dirt bikes, military tanks, steam locomotives, mountain trains, hot air balloons, fighter jets, International Space Station manned spacecraft and more, plus a glossary and index, this visual catalog is perfect for young transportation buffs. In addition to the images for readers to spot and explore, text covers facts and figures on record breakers and news makers and includes the story of the history of transportation -- from the first wheel to the latest hybrids.
Notes: At head of title: DK Smithsonian.

Includes index.

Ages 8-12.
Table of contents: title: Transportation timelines; title: Land; title: Water; title: Air; title: Glossary.