On ship-tracking Web sites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy, and so we must ship. Without shipping there would be no clothes, food, paper, or fuel. Without all t[...]

We all know that car rides and road trips can be boring at times; however, there are literally hundreds of different fun games that you can play in the car. As a child, I ended up being in a car with my parents and sisters, often for hours at a time. With that being said, we invented tons of games t[...]

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All around the world, people are always on the move. In this book children learn about the car, including how cars move, what cars carry, and where cars can take you. This book uses simple, repetitive text to teach children basic vocabulary and transportation facts by showing them stunning photograp[...]

Top Gear's Richard Hammond is in the driving seat for this turbo-charged tour through the nuts and bolts of car technology - now in paperback! Underneath the bonnet of every car, there's a lot of fast, furious, and spectacular science going on. G-force, combustion, power, you name it, a car's got it[...]

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is Number 1. He's the Number 1 car spotter in his village. The Number 1 car spotter in the world. He is good at solving all sorts of problems for his village. When the family's cart breaks down and there's no way of bringing goods to market, it's Number 1 who devises the T[...]

In this fourth book about an endearing young African boy, No. 1, and his best friend, Coca-Cola, No. 1 befriends a couple of American visitors and teaches them a thing or two about goats. And his dream of going to school comes true as well. But learning to read and write means that No. 1 has little [...]

The sixth and final title in this brilliant series about the No. 1 car spotter by a renowned Nigerian storyteller.Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is the No. 1 car spotter in the village - maybe even the world! And No. 1 is excited when he learns that a factory is being built in his Nigerian village. Ther[...]

Fans of the TV series will love this exuberant picture book as it brings maths to life. It's the day of the Tallapegga Twenty, and Peg and her trusty sidekick, Cat, must build a car from various items they find in the junkyard. When they arrive at the racetrack, they see that the other cars are much[...]