Green, Rod

Giant vehicles / Rod Green ; illustrated by Stephen Biesty. - 1st. ed. - Somerville, Mass. : Templar Books, c2014. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 31 cm

Cover title. On stiffened pages. "Lift the flaps to get the inside story on the biggest vehicles in the world!"--Cover.

The super-train -- The giant jumbo (Airbus A380 passenger plane) -- The whopper chopper (Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter) -- Rocket to the moon (Saturn V) -- The mighty dumper (Caterpillar 797F) -- The floating hotel (Oasis of the Seas passenger ship) -- A sub sandwich (Typhoon submarine) -- The world's biggest ship (Maersk Triple-E container ship).

Introduces readers to eight of the world's most enormous vehicles. Profiles some of the largest vehicles in the world, from the Airbus A380 and Saturn V rocket to the Caterpillar 797F dump truck and Maersk Triple E container ship.

Ages 5-9.

ISBN: 9780763674045 (hc) 0763674044 (hc) 9780763674045 0763674044

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vehicles
Transportation
Flying-machines
Ships
Railroad trains
Dump trucks
Size perception
Flying machines.
Ships.
Railroad trains.
Dump trucks.
Lift-the-flap books.
Toy and movable books.
Board books.

LC Class. No.: TL547 / .G826 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 629.133/34 629.04