Books in On the Move series

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Learn about helicopters, their history, how they fly, and what jobs they do.

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Book by Nixon, James

Your environment is everything around you – buildings, land, water, air, living things, and other people. It looks pretty solid and settled, but it is always changing.

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Describes the construction, operation, and uses of the airship Columbia, one of the four blimps in daily use in the world. Also includes a brief history of airships.

Follows the mixed fortunes of the various groups of English settlers who went to North America in the seventeenth century, and looks at their impact on the land and its inhabitants.

Can you imagine leaving your home and family to move hundreds or thousands of miles away for a job? Perhaps you can – it could be that someone in your family has made a move, or the family of one of your friends. You’ll keep in touch, and perhaps visit one another.

Describes the many actions that can be accomplished with a tractor, including harvesting, sowing seeds, and spraying crops.

Discusses how trains work, how they have developed during their history, how they are used, and how they have changed our lives.

Discusses the development and different parts of aircraft, how air traffic is controlled, and the effects of air transport on the world