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"A bicycle-like device with a donut-shaped frame. Combination stilts and pogo sticks. Your own personal jetpack. What do these things have in common? They're all actual vehicles. Read about a variety of strange forms of transportation in this fun and fascinating book"--Provided by publisher.
9) Police cars
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"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to police cars through simple, predictable text and related photos"--
10) Tow trucks
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"Whizz! A tow truck pulls a car out of a ditch! Find out how different kinds of tow trucks work and what they are used for. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative sidebars and captions, an activity, critical-thinking questions, sources for further research, a phonetic glossary, an index, and an introduction to the author."--
12) Bus! Stop!
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A boy who has just missed his bus waits for the next one, but the vehicles that arrive at his stop do not look at all like the one he missed, and the riders who get on them are not quite what he expects either.
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Buster is a sweet little garbage truck. He can't wait to grow up to be a big truck, just like his father. Buster practices driving and lifting and beeping with his friend, Kitty. There's one small problem. Loud noises frighten Buster. When his father takes him to the truck yard to meet the other vehicles, their air-horn blasts and roaring engines send Buster skidding away to hide. He wants to be big and brave, but how can he work with Daddy and his...
17) Autonomy
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Acclaimed author, Malcolm Gladwell, leads this feature documentary about the emerging technology of self-driving vehicles and the big questions they raise: what is control and who do we become as we relinquish it to machines? Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and **Mill Valley Film Festival**.
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The author's grandfathers were both employed by the pre-war motor industry. His singer father, John Hanson, would test John's knowledge of car makes on the long journeys between theatres. He has seen UK car numbers increase tenfold in his lifetime and this is a personal account of his love of classic cars before their success leads to their demise.
The motor car took him around Australia; ending up in Darwin 12 months after cyclone Tracy. He explored...
19) Truck stop
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A boy and his parents prepare breakfast at their truck stop for drivers of eighteen-wheelers, tankers, moving vans, and other vehicles, while Uncle Marty checks tires and makes repairs.
20) Truck stuck
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Illustrations and simple rhyming text tell the story of a big truck that gets stuck under a bridge.
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