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Books in GOING PLACES series

  • Grand Canyon

    Cari Meister

    Library Binding (Checkerboard Books, Jan. 1, 1998)
    This informative and fun series introduces kids to the amazing world of travel. Each book covers the history, peoples, traditions and topography of exciting destinations.-- Beautiful, full-page photos and colorful graphics enhance text-- Maps, diagrams, and pronunciations of native terms provide extra information-- Travel and conduct tips prepare readers for new cultures and places
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  • Safari Guide!: Scouting for Wildlife in Africa

    Robyn Brode, Paul Hayes

    Paperback (B.E.S. Publishing, June 1, 2002)
    In this series for younger boys and girls, each book features cartoon-style illustrations superimposed on vivid full-color photos that show different people in different cultures using different means of travel. The cartoons complementing each photo depict kids with their parents. Each parent is a vehicle driver of one kind or another—but the vehicle type depends entirely on where the story takes place! For instance, Maria is a little girl whose mother is a taxi driver in bustling New York City. Other kids and their parents live in Alaska, and travel by dog sled . . . or in a tropical rain forest, where touring visitors are taken on a safari . . . or in the bush country of Australia's Outback, where the most common way for people to go places is to fly around in light aircraft. The photos on every page capture the contrasting scenic backgrounds and highly individual atmospheres of each book's place. Meanwhile, boys and girls will identify with the cartoon illustrations of kids and parents, as they learn a little bit about how people live and travel in different places. Early-grade teachers will value these wonderfully illustrated books as fine introductions to social studies.
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  • In a Car

    Robert M. Hamilton

    Paperback (Gareth Stevens Leveled Readers, Jan. 1, 2012)
    Introduces automobile travel, including the different parts of a car, how it functions, and where some people travel in cars.
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  • Going by Bus

    Susan Ashley

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Introduces school, local, and intercity buses and how people travel in each kind, and surveys other special types of buses.
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  • On a Bike

    Robert M Hamilton

    Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Leveled Readers, Jan. 1, 2012)
    People love to ride bikes for fun, for exercise, and even for racing. Beginning readers discover the different kinds of bikes used for these different purposes and more in this book. Readers also explore the mechanics of bicycles with the help of accessible language, making it fun to learn what makes a bike move. Detailed photographs highlight the parts of a bike and how they work together to get a bike moving.
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  • Going by Plane

    Susan Ashley

    Library Binding (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, Aug. 1, 2003)
    Recounts the development of the airplane, describes commercial aviation, and surveys other special types of aircraft.
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  • Dog Sledder!: Racing Across the Snow in Alaska

    Robyn Brode, Paul Hayes

    Paperback (B.E.S. Publishing, June 1, 2002)
    In this series for younger boys and girls, each book features cartoon-style illustrations superimposed on vivid full-color photos that show different people in different cultures using different means of travel. The cartoons complementing each photo depict kids with their parents. Each parent is a vehicle driver of one kind or another—but the vehicle type depends entirely on where the story takes place! For instance, Maria is a little girl whose mother is a taxi driver in bustling New York City. Other kids and their parents live in Alaska, and travel by dog sled . . . or in a tropical rain forest, where touring visitors are taken on a safari . . . or in the bush country of Australia's Outback, where the most common way for people to go places is to fly around in light aircraft. The photos on every page capture the contrasting scenic backgrounds and highly individual atmospheres of each book's place. Meanwhile, boys and girls will identify with the cartoon illustrations of kids and parents, as they learn a little bit about how people live and travel in different places. Early-grade teachers will value these wonderfully illustrated books as fine introductions to social studies.
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  • Bush Pilot!: Flying High Over Australia

    Robyn Brode, Paul Hayes

    Paperback (B.E.S. Publishing, June 1, 2002)
    In this series for younger boys and girls, each book features cartoon-style illustrations superimposed on vivid full-color photos that show different people in different cultures using different means of travel. The cartoons complementing each photo depict kids with their parents. Each parent is a vehicle driver of one kind or another—but the vehicle type depends entirely on where the story takes place! For instance, Maria is a little girl whose mother is a taxi driver in bustling New York City. Other kids and their parents live in Alaska, and travel by dog sled . . . or in a tropical rain forest, where touring visitors are taken on a safari . . . or in the bush country of Australia's Outback, where the most common way for people to go places is to fly around in light aircraft. The photos on every page capture the contrasting scenic backgrounds and highly individual atmospheres of each book's place. Meanwhile, boys and girls will identify with the cartoon illustrations of kids and parents, as they learn a little bit about how people live and travel in different places. Early-grade teachers will value these wonderfully illustrated books as fine introductions to social studies.
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  • Canada

    Cari Meister

    Library Binding (Checkerboard Books, Jan. 1, 1999)
    This informative and fun series introduces kids to the amazing world of travel. Each book covers the history, peoples, traditions and topography of exciting destinations.-- Beautiful, full-page photos and colorful graphics enhance text-- Maps, diagrams, and pronunciations of native terms provide extra information-- Travel and conduct tips prepare readers for new cultures and places
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  • Mexico

    Cari Meister

    Library Binding (Checkerboard Library, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Describes a variety of tourist attractions in Mexico including Teotihuacan, Mayan ruins, Aztec artifacts, markets and plazas in Mexico City, and areas of Baja California and Acapulco.
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  • Taxi Driver!: Dashing Around New York City

    Robyn Brode, Paul Hayes

    Paperback (B.E.S. Publishing, June 1, 2002)
    In this series for younger boys and girls, each book features cartoon-style illustrations superimposed on vivid full-color photos that show different people in different cultures using different means of travel. The cartoons complementing each photo depict kids with their parents. Each parent is a vehicle driver of one kind or another—but the vehicle type depends entirely on where the story takes place! For instance, Maria is a little girl whose mother is a taxi driver in bustling New York City. Other kids and their parents live in Alaska, and travel by dog sled . . . or in a tropical rain forest, where touring visitors are taken on a safari . . . or in the bush country of Australia's Outback, where the most common way for people to go places is to fly around in light aircraft. The photos on every page capture the contrasting scenic backgrounds and highly individual atmospheres of each book's place. Meanwhile, boys and girls will identify with the cartoon illustrations of kids and parents, as they learn a little bit about how people live and travel in different places. Early-grade teachers will value these wonderfully illustrated books as fine introductions to social studies.
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  • Going by Plane

    Susan Ashley

    Paperback (Weekly Reader/Gareth Stevens Pub, July 1, 2003)
    Recounts the development of the airplane, describes commercial aviation, and surveys other special types of aircraft.
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