Transportation

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Call Number: J 388 Gr, Kids Book / Nonfiction / Transportation / Miscellaneous
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J 388 Gr	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J 388 Gr	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Nonfiction / Transportation / Miscellaneous	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Nonfiction / Transportation / Miscellaneous	4-week checkout	Due 04-30-2024

Presents simple information about different vehicles and modes of transportation found throughout the world.

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Beautiful, but Prepare to Explain submitted by evelyn on June 19, 2015, 3:49pm French illustrator Alain Grée’s wonderful illustrations from the late 1960’s have been bundled into a book which will satisfy any young readers with an interest in cars, buses, planes, trains, and more. Simple illustrations and facts will help children learn about transportation. The plane illustration may make adults jealous of the early travelers pictured reclining in great comfort! Because this book originated in 1968, adults reading it to little ones may want to explain some anomalies, such as why almost everyone in the book is white, that Native Americans don’t actually travel by canoe anymore, and that spaceships look somewhat different than they used to.

Slightly outdated but very charming submitted by willow on August 23, 2015, 4:52pm Like most children's books today, this book shows a story white world. Research shows that only 6% of children's books published in 2012 had non-white characters. I actually did not perceive all the characters in this book to be obviously white. Some are tannish or light brown skinned, and many have dark hair.

Associating Native Americans and canoes may or may not insult you. I am not certain that mentioning them in the context of canoes, particularly given our location in the Great Lakes region, is racist or inappropriate.

Some of the modes of transportation are a bit outdated,

If you like vintage illustrations, this is a cute find.