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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
Description
Down on their luck, the Tooting family buys an old camper van and begins repairing it, but after installing an engine that once belonged to an extraordinary car, they are off to find other original parts, pursued by a sinister man who wants Chitty for himself.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2016
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Birdmen comes a revelatory new history of the birth of the automobile, an illuminating and entertaining true tale of invention, competition, and the visionaries, hustlers, and swindlers who came together to transform the world. In 1900, the Automobile Club of America sponsored the nation's first car show in New York's Madison Square Garden. The event was a spectacular success, attracting seventy exhibitors and nearly...
31) Vrooom, vrooom!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
While drivng on an imaginary car trip to Far Away, a child encounters winding roads, a toll both, bridges, and the Fix-It Garage before stopping for lunch and a nap.
32) Tuner cars
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Formats
Description
"Describes tuner cars, including their history, design, and the competitions and events tuner car owners take part in"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Flying cars are real! This book for young readers combines history, biography, technology, and humor in a breezy survey of hybrid vehicles and the dream of flight that kept inventors at work despite many failures and the dictates of common sense"--
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Featuring more than 250 iconic models from the 1940s to the 1980s, [this] is a celebration of the most beautiful and innovative cars produced since the birth of mass car-ownership. Meet the designers behind these ... machines and discover the history of the manufacturers that have brought them to life"--
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
A young reader's introduction to where cars came from and how they work. Presented in comic book format. "In Dan Zettwoch's Science Comics: Cars, you'll learn where cars came from and how they work. When you pop the hood, what are you looking at? How does gasoline - or electric batteries, or even steam - make a car move? Rev up your motor and take look at the combustible history of the automobile and its explosive effects on our modern lives."--Provided...
40) From iron to car
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Description
How does iron turn into a brand-new car? Follow each step in the production cycle - from digging up iron ore to hitting the road.
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