The Wow and How of Transport
Published on 8. February 2024
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-5263-2531-0 (ISBN)
Description
Become an expert on incredible WOW transport facts and know the HOW behind them!
Transport is AMAZING! Transport can help us to travel the world - WOW! We are able to float, fly, zoom and glide because of HOW transport works.
But did you know that some trains can float? Or that cars can be powered by poo? Some submarines can stay submerged for 25 years! That's a long time to be underwater!
Read more amazing facts about transport including some that may challenge what you thought you knew. Find the science behind the facts to understand more about the world we live in.
Packed with facts and supported by science, The WOW and HOW series will intrigue and entertain children aged 7+.
Find the other titles in the series too:
Dinosaurs, Planet Earth, Robots and AI, Space, Weather
Transport is AMAZING! Transport can help us to travel the world - WOW! We are able to float, fly, zoom and glide because of HOW transport works.
But did you know that some trains can float? Or that cars can be powered by poo? Some submarines can stay submerged for 25 years! That's a long time to be underwater!
Read more amazing facts about transport including some that may challenge what you thought you knew. Find the science behind the facts to understand more about the world we live in.
Packed with facts and supported by science, The WOW and HOW series will intrigue and entertain children aged 7+.
Find the other titles in the series too:
Dinosaurs, Planet Earth, Robots and AI, Space, Weather
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 9 years
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 214 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5263-2531-0 (9781526325310)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Cameron Menzies is an author and editor of nonfiction books for children, and a former actor. She lives and works in a cottage near the Scottish seaside with the company of her husband, two children and the family's beloved border collie.
Content
1: The WOW of transport!
2: Maglev trains levitate
3: Blackbird is the fastest plane ever
4: Space rockets are so loud they could self-destruct
5: Hot-air balloons can't fly when it's raining
6: A car can go faster than the speed of sound
7: Dutch people cycle more than 17 billion km a year
8: Superbikes corner inches from the ground
9: Cars can be powered by poo
10: A hovercraft can travel over land, sea and ice
11: A submarine can stay underwater for 25 years
12: A helicopter has landed on top of Mount Everest
13: Some container ships could carry a skyscraper
14: Glossary and Index
2: Maglev trains levitate
3: Blackbird is the fastest plane ever
4: Space rockets are so loud they could self-destruct
5: Hot-air balloons can't fly when it's raining
6: A car can go faster than the speed of sound
7: Dutch people cycle more than 17 billion km a year
8: Superbikes corner inches from the ground
9: Cars can be powered by poo
10: A hovercraft can travel over land, sea and ice
11: A submarine can stay underwater for 25 years
12: A helicopter has landed on top of Mount Everest
13: Some container ships could carry a skyscraper
14: Glossary and Index