Open Court

Grade 1

Things That Go

380.5 Bil

Billout, Guy. By camel or by car : a look at transportation.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1979. Text and

illustrations describe 15 types of water, air, and land

transportation.

385.09 Lee

Lee, Laurie. The wonderful world of transportation. Garden

City, N.Y., : Doubleday, [1969]. Traces the history of

man's search for ever better means of transportation across

land, over water, and through the air. Includes a glossary.

388.3 Amm

Ammon, Richard. Conestoga wagons. 1st ed. New York : Holiday

House, c2000. Explains how Conestoga wagons were built and

driven as well as their historical significance and

importance to the early American economy.

388.3 Ric

Richards, Kenneth G., 1926-. The story of the Conestoga wagon,.

Chicago, : Children's Press, [1970]. Traces the history of

the wooden wagons which, for more than one hundred years,

served as the major means of transportation for settlers

going west.

388.4 Yep

Yepsen, Roger B. City trains : moving through America's cities

by rail. 1st ed. New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. An

illustrated history of the various types of public

transportation used in cities including horsecars,

streetcars, trolleys, interurbans, cable cars, subways,

light rails, and monorails.

625 Roc

Rockwell, Anne F. Trains. 1st Unicorn ed. New York : Dutton,

1992. Simple text and illustrations introduce a variety of

trains and their uses. Includes freight trains, passenger

trains, monorails, and subways.

629.04 Plu

Pluckrose, Henry Arthur. On the move. 1st American ed. New

York : F. Watts, 1998. Describes various means of

transportation including such vehicles as bicycles, cars,

ferry boats, space shuttles, and wheelchairs.

629.13 Ben

Bendick, Jeanne. Eureka! Its an airplane! Brookfield, Conn. :

Millbrook Press, c1992. Describes the development of the

airplane and some of the inventions that have made it a more

common means of transportation.

629.13 Gib

Gibbons, Gail. Flying. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House,

c1986. Presents a brief history of flight, from balloons to

more sophisticated means of air transportation such as

helicopters, jet planes, and shuttles.

629.133 Bin

Bingham, Caroline, 1962-. DK big book of airplanes. 1st

American ed. London ; New York : DK, 2001. Experimental

planes -- F-16 -- Jumbo jet -- Agricultural plane --

Observation plane -- Stunt planes -- Blackbird (SR-71) --

Concorde -- Air tractor -- Chinook helicopter -- Seaplane --

Kit airplane -- GeeBee -- Space flight. Pictures and text

describe the fastest and most unusual airplanes ever made.

629.2 Bar

Barrett, Norman S. Trailbikes. London ; New York : F. Watts,

1987. Color photographs and simple text describe off-road

sports for motorcycles. Includes glossary and index.

629.2 Ben

Bendick, Jeanne. Eureka! Its an automobile! Brookfield, Conn. :

Millbrook Press, c1992. Describes the development of the

automobile and some of the inventions that have made it a

popular mode of transportation.

629.2 Roc

Rockwell, Anne F. Trucks. 1st Unicorn ed. New York : Dutton

Children's Books, 1988. Introduces a variety of trucks and

their purposes. Includes moving vans, tow trucks,

bookmobiles, and campers.

629.41 Dwi

Dwiggins, Don. Flying the space shuttles. New York : Dodd,

Mead, 1985. Describes the history and uses of the space

shuttle, how it works, and the details of typical flight.

796.7 Moh

Mohn, Peter B. Trail biking. Mankato, Minn. : Crestwood House,

c1975. Text and photographs examine trailbikes which are

used for pleasure riding, inexpensive transportation, and

competitive racing.

811 Cas

Cassedy, Sylvia,. Zoomrimes : poems about things that go. 1st

ed. New York : HarperCollins, c1993. Twenty-six poems, all

of which describe a means of transportation or something

that travels, ranging from "Ark" to "Zeppelin.".

973.2 Kal

Kalman, Bobbie, 1947-. Early travel. Toronto : Crabtree Pub.,

1981.

E Cal

Calhoun, Mary. Hot-air Henry. New York : W. Morrow, 1981. A

sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends

up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

E Cre

Crews, Donald. Freight train. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow

Books, c1978. Brief text and illustrations trace the

journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by

cities, and over trestles.

E Lev

Levinson, Riki. I go with my family to Grandma's. 1st ed. New

York : Dutton, c1986. As five cousins and their families

arrive by various means of transportation, Grandma's home in

Brooklyn gets livelier and livelier.

E Sie

Siebert, Diane. Train song. 1st ed. New York : T.Y. Crowell,

c1990. Rhymed text and illustrations describe the journey

of a transcontinental trains.

PB e

Crews, Donald. School bus.