New Releases by Lee Sullivan Hill

There are different types of earthmovers, and each kind has a different job to do. Whether they push, scoop, spread, pack, smooth, or flatten, earthmovers do important work.

It rumbles through the city and the countryside. It travels on a track. This train is on the move! What kinds of things do trains carry? And who controls trains? Read this book to find out! Learn all about mighty machines in the Vroom-Vroom series—part of the Lightning Bolt Books TM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books TM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Introduces the parts and functions of different kinds of earthmoving machinery.

Learn about the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane.

Introduces jet planes, how they work, and for what purposes they are used.

Introduces the parts and functions of different kinds of motorcycles.

Describes different kinds of tunnels, how they are built, and what they are used for.

Explains why people travel in air and space and introduces the various forms of transportation used.

Describes different kinds of monuments from around the world while also explaining how and why they were built, how they are preserved, and their importance to one''s memory.

Introduces some different modes of transportation used in rural areas, including cars, trucks, bicycles, sleds, ferry boats, and even walking.

An introduction to some of the different ways people get around in cities, from walking and biking to ferry boats and skates.

Briefly describes some of the methods used to move goods from one place to another, including pack animals, barges and other boats, trains, and trucks.

Introduces different kinds of bridges, their materials, construction, and maintenance.

An introduction to the variety and beauty of towers, including the purposes they serve.

A simple introduction to the beauty and variety of farms from a wheat field in Montana to the harvesting of seaweed from the ocean.

Surveys all kinds of libraries, from a monastery library full of handmade books to a school media center to a bookmobile.