My Favorite Machine: Race Cars


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What is your favorite machine? In My Favorite Machine: Race Cars, young readers will learn all about race cars. This book introduces kids to the different types of race cars, how they work and what they do.




My Favorite Machine: Ambulances


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What is your favorite machine? In My Favorite Machine: Ambulances, young readers will learn all about ambulances. This book introduces kids to the different types of ambulances trucks, how they work and what they do.




Race Cars


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Whether racing around a paved track, down a straight lane, or across a dirt course, all race cars have one thing in common. They are chasing the checkered flag! No matter their shape or color, race cars are designed for speed. This title revs readers up as it winds through information about the parts and purposes of race cars.




Mud Truck Racing


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Do you like fast trucks and loud engines? How about buckets of mud flying in all directions? If yes, then mud truck racing is for you! Big trucks tear through mud bogs on their way to glory. Bog racing is not for the faint of heart or for people who like to stay clean. The mess and thrill of mud truck races will make you glad to get dirty. Enter the Dirt and Destruction Sports Zone to learn about the history, organizations, technology, and the important drivers connected to mud truck racing. You'll learn: • How much water, sand, and dirt are used to make mud bogs. • Which driver finished a 200-foot (61-meter) mud race in just 2.110 seconds. • How drivers have upgraded engines and fuel to give trucks more horsepower. • How mud truck racing started and who the best drivers are. Are you into sports? Then get in the zone!




Race Cars


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Honk, honk! Introducing six new titles in our popular Mighty Machines series! Kindergarteners will learn cool features and vocabulary about some mighty machines in this search-and-find series. This search-and-find book invites early readers to look for new vocabulary words and pictures while giving simple facts about race cars and how they keep drivers safe during races.




Superfast Trucks


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Get ready for high-speed action! In Superfast Trucks, young racing fans will jump into this thrilling, high-action narrative of superfast racing trucks breaking new speed records. Children will meet Mark Martin, who careened into the lead of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series in February 2006. Though a last-minute entry, Martin proved a skilled racer in full command of his revved-up truck. Full-color photographs and real-life narratives of truck racers in action will capture students' attention.




Race Cars


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Car racing is one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States. This book will give kids an inside-and-out look at how race cars are built for speed.




This Is My Racing Car


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Everything you need to know about big machines and their proud drivers.




Extreme machines


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McQueen's Machines


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No other Hollywood star has been so closely linked with cars and bikes, from the 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback he drove in Bullitt (in the greatest car chase of all time) to the Triumph motorcycle of The Great Escape. McQueen’s Machines gives readers a close-up look at the cars and motorcycles McQueen drove in movies, those he owned, and others he raced. With a foreword by Steve’s son, Chad McQueen, and a wealth of details about of the star’s racing career, stunt work, and car and motorcycle collecting, McQueen’s Machines draws a fascinating picture of one outsized man’s driving passion. Now in paperback.