The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls (Young Palmetto Books)
by Louise Meriwether
A brief biography of the slave who escaped to freedom with his family and other runaway slaves on a captured Confederate gunboat.
Uses simple experiments to describe the different forms water takes and demonstrate its various properties.
This charming series is designed for young children who are just beginning to read alone and are looking for lively stories to tackle. Colourful pictures combine with narrative text written to encourage reading skills. Ages 5+.
Boats, Ships, Submarines (How Things Work (Kingfisher))
by Ian S Graham
See Inside Ships (See Inside Board Books) (See Inside)
by Conrad Mason
This is a new addition to the "See Inside" series about ships throughout history from Viking longboats to Spanish galleons, ironclads to aircraft carriers. Lifting the flaps reveals the insides of ships from across the ages, explaining in simple, clear language what they were used for, how the crew and passengers lived and how they sailed the oceans. It includes a gate-fold page of a huge aircraft carrier.
Increasing demand for water, higher standards of living, depletion of resources of acceptable quality, and excessive water pollution due to urban, agricultural, and industrial expansions have caused intense environmental, social, economic, and political predicaments. More frequent and severe floods and droughts have changed the ability and resiliency of water infrastructure systems to operate and provide services to the public. These concerns and issues have also changed the way we plan and mana...
DK Readers L3: Disasters at Sea (DK Readers: Level 3)
by Andrew Donkin
From fog, ice, and rocks to cannon fire and torpedo attacks--read the story of five doomed sea voyages and the fate of those who took part in them. The 48-page Level 3 books, designed for children who can read on their own, contain more complex sentence structure and more detail. Young readers will devour these kid-friendly titles, which cover high-interest topics such as sharks, and the Bermuda Triangle, as well as classics like Aladdin. Information boxes highlight historical references, trivia...
Describes how various kinds of boats are designed and constructed for speed.
Ships are the largest moving objects humans have ever made. Their basic design has changed very little over the past 3,500 years, yet they have played a major part in human history. This title explores the world of ships and boats, from the earliest hulls made from wood and skin, to modern cargo ships and powerful speed boats. Practical and easy-to-do projects will show you how ships work and what makes them go, what makes a submarime dive and resurface and more.