About this item
Vibrant photos of race cars, trucks, trains, jets, and more will excite the very youngest travelers as they learn about the many ways that people get from here to there.These sturdy pages showcase the ways people get around across land, water, and the sky with bold photos, supersimple facts, and lively, age-appropriate language to keep babies and toddlers--and their grown-ups--fascinated by every colorful page.Designed to be the stepping-stone to the best-selling National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series, the Little Kids First Board Book series takes similar subjects and distills them down to the simplest nonfiction concepts for the youngest audience. Not only will readers learn about several different kinds of transportation, they can also find recurring shapes and patterns in the art, while adults can keep their eyes open for occasional funny commentary from the animals.
About the Author
RUTH A. MUSGRAVE is an award-winning children's writer, specializing in marine and animal science. As a naturalist and lucky hitchhiker on scientific trips, she's been to the deep sea, the lagoons in Mexico to interact with gray whales, and more. As a freelance writer and the director of WhaleTimes, Inc., Musgrave has been fortunate enough to share her love of animals, the ocean, and ocean exploration. In her next book, MISSION SHARK RESCUE: ALL ABOUT SHARKS AND HOW TO SAVE THEM (National Geographic Kids March 2016) , she shares her enduring love and fascination of sharks with kids and provides ways kids can help save them. Musgrave is also the author of the popular EVERYTHING SHARKS (National Geographic Kids, 2011) and a frequent contributor to National Geographic Kids and National Geographic Little Kids Magazines. Musgrave shares her humorous side in her other National Geographic Kids books including JUST JOKING 3, and FUNNY FILL-INs: MY PET ADVENTURE and MY ANIMAL ADVENTURE.
