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Another powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. A drive South becomes dangerous for ‘lois and her family. 'Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family...

The little green train is all alone in the engine shed until an unexpected royal visit, and then, the adventure starts! The audiobook is part of the straight to sleep series of books, all of which have a happy ending. The book makes an excellent bedtime listening book for children up to seven years old.

Everyone loves trains - especially kids! In this lively, fast-paced audiobook, you'll find 51 Fabulous Facts about trains and railroads from all over the world. Steam Engines! Cabooses! Locomotives! Bullet Trains! Trains that move through magnetic levitation…trains that moved by burning coal. How fast trains go. Who rides them. Luxury trains like the Orient Express. Subways like the London Underground. All sorts of amazing facts about trains and railroads!

Did you know that a newly-designed boat helped win World War II? Learn about Andrew Higgins and his amphibious boat design that revolutionized the war effort. See how Higgins adapted his boat design to help carry soldiers and supplies onto Normandy Beach on D-Day. His craft was amphibious—it worked on land and water. See how one American's invention helped changed the tide of the war.

Authentic sound effects and fun music help tell the sweet story of “The Little School Bus That Talked.” Find out what happens when the yellow school bus discovers his voice and decides to talk with the children on the way to school. Will the Johnson twins, Bobby and Tommy, believe that the little school bus can talk?

Authentic sound effects and playful music help tell the fun story of Trains. When Robby takes his first train ride ever to visit his grandpa, he is amazed at all the wonderful sights and sounds. “All aboard!” the conductor yells as the passengers gather on the platform. Robby knows this will be an exciting adventure, and he is not disappointed.

To survive an encounter with the Beastplane, Father of Bushplanes, Carrier of the Eight Stars, Ethan only needs his wits about him. He knows the three truths: one, that any bush pilot who hears the mighty plane must offer him a drink, two: Thrice a year an unlucky student pilot is taken on the “Irresistible Ride”, and three: He can be tamed....

Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering - they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight - their success was hard-earned. In fact, it took the self-taught engineers years of work and dozens of crashes before they managed a single 12-second flight! In this first installment of the brand new Epic Fails series, Ben Thompson and Erik Slader take listeners through the Wright brothers' many mishaps and misadventures as they paved the way for modern aviation.

This audiobook offers listeners a close-up look at monster trucks. With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this short audiobook provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle.

After Tucker and Maya are jolted back to the present by Titanic's iceberg collision, they don't know what will happen to their new friend, Liam, who is still trapped onboard. They travel back to 1912 again to make sure Liam and his parents, all third-class passengers, make it to the lifeboats in time.

Military drones have been part of wars for more than 100 years. Today’s military unmanned aerial vehicles are packed with sensors, high-quality cameras, and even weapons. With each UAV flight, military members are kept safe away from war zones. Young listeners will learn how both aerial and underwater military drones operate and get inside details about some of the missions they’ve completed.

Air travel is one of the safest methods of transportation, but when a disaster happens, it captures the public's imagination. Learn about how airplanes are built, how researchers investigate a crash, how engineers are making planes safer, and more.

When the Titanic was built, many people thought the massive ship was unsinkable. Today it rests on the ocean floor. Learn about why ships sink and how past disasters and modern technology have led to safer ships.

In a time when people believed flying was impossible, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier proved that the sky wasn’t the limit. When most thought horseback was the only way to race, Bertha and Karl Benz fired up their engines. From the invention of the bicycle and the passenger steam locomotive to the first liquid-fuel propelled rocket and industrial robot, inventors across the world have redefined travel. Informative and celebratory, this collective biography tells the story of the experiments, failures, and successes of visionaries who changed the way the world moves. 

The proud sailing ship Polaris is on a mission to explore new lands, and its crew is eager to bring their discoveries back home. But when half the landing party fails to return from the Amazon jungle, the tensions lead to a bloody mutiny. The remaining adults abandon ship, leaving behind a cabin boy, a botanist's assistant, and a handful of deckhands -- none of them older than twelve.

All about sports cars! With fun facts and engaging discussion topics, this short audiobook provides a thrilling overview of this exciting vehicle. 

What was life really like on a pirate ship? Captain Rumbeard, the famous pirate (in his mind anyway) will take you through the truth and the lies about being a pirate and was life was like on a pirate ship. In this audiobook, we will aim to find out the real truth about pirates and their lives on their ships on the high seas.

With drone use soaring, remotely piloted aircraft have captured people’s imaginations. Militaries, businesses, and hobbyists are continually finding new ways to use UAVs and develop their technology. Drones in some countries now deliver food and packages. Young listeners will find out about exciting drone technology improvements and what they might lead to in the future.

When a forty-seven-foot sailboat disappears in the Gulf Stream in the throes of a disastrous storm, it leaves behind three weary passengers struggling to stay alive. This middle-grade adaptation of an adult nonfiction book tells the story of the four intrepid Coast Guardsmen who braved this ruthless storm in the hopes of saving them. A spellbinding tale of courage and survival from the author of The Finest Hours.

The crew felt a new wind. The bitter cold added to the bite of a ship that had never gone this fast. Sharp eyes stayed fixed on the dim horizon. There was no time for caution, though they knew dangerous ice lay ahead. The Carpathia raced into the same ice field that had just claimed Titanic. Henry Cromwell dreams of becoming a reporter. Armed with a homemade radio, he spent the first three days of Carpathia’s voyage listening in on the North Atlantic’s radio traffic—eagerly jotting down notes and being a general bother to the crew. But nothing prepared him for what he would hear at 12:30 am.